chasten

The definition of chasten is to restrain, tame or moderate, or to punish or discipline.

(verb)

When you hold back someone's bad behavior and keep it from happening, this is an example of when you chasten.
When you discipline someone for wrongdoing, this is an example of when you chasten.

See chasten in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Origin: ME chastien < OFr chastier < L castigare, to punish, chastise: see castigate

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See chasten in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb chas·tened, chas·ten·ing, chas·tens

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of obsolete chaste

Origin: , from Middle English chasten, chastien

Origin: , from Old French chastiier

Origin: , from Latin castigāre; see castigate

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