Synonyms for chasten
ˈtʃeɪ sənchas·ten

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1. chasten

   Castigate and chastise refer strictly to corporal punishment, tho both are somewhat archaic; correct and punish are often used as euphemisms in preference to either. Punish is distinctly retributive in sense; chastise, partly retributive, and partly corrective; chasten, wholly corrective. Chasten is used exclusively in the spiritual sense, and chiefly of the visitation of God.

   Synonyms:
   afflict, castigate, chastise, correct, discipline, humble, punish, purify, refine, soften, subdue, try

   Preposition:
   "We are chastened of the Lord," 1 Cor. xi, 32; "they ... chastened us after their own pleasure, but He for our profit," Heb. xii, 10; "chasten in thy hot displeasure," Ps. iv, 7; chasten with pain; by trials and sorrows.

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1. chasten

   Synonyms:
   purify, discipline, chastise, correct, castigate, improve, spiritualize, afflict, refine

   Antonyms:
   indulge, sensualize, brutalize, degrade, corrupt, pamper, carnalize, spoil, demoralize

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1. chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correctverb

   censure severely

   "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

   Synonyms:
   right, tame, counterbalance, temper, redress, even out, objurgate, moderate, discipline, excoriate, reprobate, adjust, decry, correct, rectify, even up, condemn, chastise, compensate, sort out, even off, make up, decline, castigate, slump, set, subdue

2. chasten, moderate, temperverb

   restrain

   Synonyms:
   lead, temper, mince, hold in, tame, anneal, control, objurgate, moderate, hold, castigate, correct, curb, harden, soften, tone down, mollify, chastise, check, normalize, chair, season, subdue, contain

3. tame, chasten, subdueverb

   correct by punishment or discipline

   Synonyms:
   get over, domesticate, naturalise, master, inhibit, conquer, moderate, quash, cultivate, surmount, objurgate, castigate, domesticise, reclaim, suppress, temper, tone down, crucify, subjugate, correct, reduce, subdue, curb, stamp down, domesticize, subordinate, tame, mortify, chastise, overcome, naturalize, keep down, repress

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1. chastenverb

   Synonyms:
   chastise, correct, punish, castigate

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1. chastenverb

   Synonyms:
   discipline, correct, punish, refine, purify, subdue

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1. Mike Schmuhl:

   Pete's a different kind of candidate and Chasten Buttigieg want to build a different kind of campaign, chasten Buttigieg don't want to a top down, consultant-laden operation. Chasten Buttigieg want to be more like a startup, and Chasten Buttigieg want to build in a smart way and a steady way.

2. Chasten Buttigieg:

   Being married to Chasten has made me a better man, and yes Mr. Vice President it has made me closer to god.

3. Ami Copeland:

   Chasten Buttigieg's in a position to almost fund Chasten Buttigieg campaign to the end if Chasten Buttigieg needs to, chasten Buttigieg's bought Chasten Buttigieg longevity.

4. Barney Frank:

   Chasten Buttigieg candidacy is an example of the absolute speed with which we are getting there. I think it is very clear, Chasten Buttigieg being gay is clearly an asset, in a way, Chasten Buttigieg gives people a chance to almost atone for past wrongs.

5. Josef Joffe:

   The point is not to bring down Merkel, but to chasten and force her to shift from 'open arms' to a more or less closed border to stem the refugee flow, i predict that Seehofer will succeed ... all the more so since she has been seriously weakened.