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castigation

[kas-ti-gay-shuhn] / ˌkæs tɪˈgeɪ ʃən /


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Like the calm, godly Eye, he registers the good and bad of human nature with moral clarity but without castigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

He described feeling social castigation, and sometimes isolation.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

The kids table can be less a castigation and more an opportunity: to solve issues on your own, away from the social obligations and droll etiquette of adults.

From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2022

So the castigation and exclusion of so many of us feels jarring.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2021

It is certain that Miss Baillie was hurt and offended by the uncourteous castigation inflicted on her by her countryman, rather than convinced by it that her notions were wrong.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various


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