castigation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a severe scolding
    going-over; dressing down; upbraiding; earful; bawling out; chewing out.
  2. noun verbal punishment
    chastisement.

WordNet

Cas`ti*ga"tion noun
Etymology
L. catigatio.
Definitions
  1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
    The keenest castigation of her slanderers. W. Irving.
  2. Emendation; correction. Obs.

Webster 1913