chastisementn.
/ˈtʃastɪzmənt/ΘΚΠ
society > education > teaching > training > [noun] > discipline
tuhtc1275
tuhtlec1275
chastisement1340
disciplinec1350
doctrinea1483
disciplinatinga1586
disciplination1662
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] > method of training tree
chastisement1601
balloon1834
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 17 He is ine grat peril to huam alle triacle went in to venym. Also deþ techinge and chastisement to þe proude.
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 4 [Sedechias] sayd that experyence is a good chastisement.
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 40v It is a grete chastisement to the peple to haue a right wys lord.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 547 As for Oliues..their roots must be bared and laid open..by this manner of chastisement they will amend.
2. Corrective or disciplinary punishment, correction, chastening; also simply punishment.
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society > authority > punishment > [noun] > corrective
chastiment?c1225
yard?c1225
chastisement1303
chastising1303
disciplinec1350
correctionc1386
castigationc1397
chastementc1425
nurturing1460
disciplining1532
chastice1594
disciplining1645
schooling1703
tickle-toby1830
nurture1911
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 4854 Man or womman þat haþ a chylde Þat wyþ vnþewes wexyþ wylde. Chastysment behoueþ þarto.
c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus (Petworth) ⁋849 Þe punsshment and þe chastisement and þe vengeaunce of þis outrage.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 212 Esay..sayth: the chasticement (or correction) of our peace was vpon him.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 69 Lord Talbot there shal..giue him chasticement for this abuse. View more context for this quotation
1779 W. Cowper in J. Newton & W. Cowper Olney Hymns i. xvi. 329 Did I meet no trials here, No chastisement by the way.
1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 348/2 But bullying noblemen and gentlemen meets with instant chastisement, mental or manual as it may chance.
1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. 269 He was occupied with the chastisement of the Dardanians.
3.
a. Keeping within modest bounds; restraint.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] > restraint or control of one's self or emotions
regiment1483
self-government1622
chastisement1849
1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. vii. 184 If by liberty you mean chastisement of the passions.
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b. Purifying or refining. Obsolete or archaic.
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