chasti

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chastised p. pr. & vb. n. Chastising. ] [ OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen + modern -ise, -ize, L. -izare, Gr. -i`zein. See Chasten. ] 1. To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes. [ 1913 Webster ]

How fine my master is! I am afraid
He will chastise me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. Thomson.

3. To criticize (a person) strongly and directly in order to correct behavior.
Syn. -- castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct, dress down. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- See Chasten. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having bad behavior criticised and punished; as, the chastised child sat humbly in the corner.
Syn. -- corrected, disciplined. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Chastise. ] The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars,
On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chastiser of the rich. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chasteté, fr. L. castitas, fr. castus. See Chaste. ] 1. The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity. T. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Moral purity. [ 1913 Webster ]

So dear to heaven is saintly chastity,
That, when a soul is found sicerely so
A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The unmarried life; celibacy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Literature & Art) Chasteness. [ 1913 Webster ]