English Explanatory Dictionary

chastening

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of chasten
noun
  1. The act by which somebody is chastened.

Word forms

chastening chastenings

Synonyms

castigation chastisement chastening correction gruel punishment punition

Derived words

chasteningly unchastening
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