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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CASTIGATION

n. 1. Punishment; correction; penance; discipline; emendation; restraint.
2. Among the Romans, a military punishment inflicted on offenders, by beating with a wand or switch.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CASTIGATION

Cas `ti *ga "tion, n. Etym: [L. catigatio.]

 

1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism. The keenest castigation of her slanderers. W. Irving.

 

2. Emendation; correction. [Obs. ]

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

castigation

c à s ti g á tion 名詞 U (厳しい )非難, 酷評 ; 懲戒 .