CHASTEN Synonyms

• censure severely

• free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

• correct in opinion or judgment

• socially right or correct

• in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure

• make right or correct

• make reparations or amends for

• censure severely

• adjust for

• punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

• fall in value

• alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

• treat a defect

• advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

• warn strongly; put on guard

• take to task

• a vigorous blow

• an uproarious party

• hit hard

• censure severely or angrily

• harsh criticism or disapproval

• the state of being excommunicated

• rebuke formally

• censure severely or angrily

• express strong disapproval of

• declare or judge unfit for use or habitation

• compel or force into a particular state or activity

• demonstrate the guilt of (someone)

• pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

• appropriate (property) for public use

• find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws

• act as a critic

• a branch of knowledge

• a system of rules of conduct or method of practice

• the trait of being well behaved

• training to improve strength or self-control

• the act of disciplining

• develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

• punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

• beat with a cane

• censure severely or angrily

• a speech that is open to the public

• a lengthy rebuke

• teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

• deliver a lecture or talk

• censure severely or angrily

• impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on

• a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

• a gentle blow

• the sound made by a gentle blow

• voluble conversation

• genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged

• the act of hitting vigorously

• strike sharply

• make light, repeated taps on a surface

• perform rap music

• talk volubly

• an act or expression of criticism and censure

• censure severely or angrily

• to rebuke or reprimand

• an act or expression of criticism and censure

• rebuke formally

• censure severely or angrily

• a mild rebuke or criticism

• disgrace or shame

• express criticism towards

• take to task