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castigation|kæstɪˈgeɪʃən|
[ad. L. castīgātiōn-em correction, chastisement, n. of action f. castīgā-re; see castigate v.]
†1. Chastisement, corrective punishment or discipline, correction, chastening. Obs.
c1397Chaucer Lack Stedf. 26 Shewe forþe þy swerde of castigacioune. 1509Hawes Conv. Swearers 35 Blessyd be ye of my castycacyon. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. (1632) 413 He also inuested them..with the power of the holy Ghost for castigation and relaxation of sin. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 35 Carroon is not yet sensible of those castigations. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. 143 Castigation is defined the curation of the soul from sin.
b. In modern use: Severe punishment or rebuke, chastisement, ‘flagellation’.
1640Bp. Hall Episc. ii. §20. 201 It is enough for me to leave him to the castigation of Bellarmine. 1759Dilworth Pope 77 The most complete piece of poetical castigation in our language. 1831Marquis of Londonderry Sp. Ho. Lords 21 May, He has given a well-merited castigation to the Noble Lords on that side of the House. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India (1845) I. 71 Holkar then occupied himself in the castigation of the Raja of Bundi. 1876Grant Burgh Sch. Scot. ii. v. 207 Smart castigation is in our opinion much preferable to fool's cap, imprisonment, etc.
2. Correction, emendation (of a book, etc.).
c1611Chapman Iliad i. (R.) To oppose his arrogant and ignorant castigations. 1641Vind. Smectymnuus 32 A castigation of the Liturgie. 1673J. Howell (title), French and English Dictionary, with another English and French..with accurate castigations throughout the whole work. 1756Johnson in Boswell (1831) I. 307 He submitted that work to my castigation; and I remember I blotted a great many lines. 1882J. H. Blunt Ref. Ch. Eng. II. 76 The Breviary of the old Sarum use underwent a considerable castigation.
†3. Purification. Obs. rare.
1615Crooke Body of Man 325 [The air in the lungs] vndergoeth a peculiar Castigation before it bee admitted to the heart.
†4. Correction, subduing, moderating. Obs. rare.
1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. ix. 222 Floods and Conflagrations..either for the Castigation of the Excesses of Generation..or to the total Dissolution thereof. |