Chastising, chastening.
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| 释义 | society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [noun] (34) chastyinga1300 Chastising, chastening. amendmentc1300 The action or fact of correcting or reforming one's own or another's conduct; moral or spiritual improvement; an instance of this. risingc1350 The action of getting up from lying, sitting, or kneeling, or after a fall. Also occasionally figurative: the return to a morally upright way of life… castigationc1397 Chastisement, corrective punishment or discipline, correction, chastening. Obsolete. reclaima1400 The action, fact, or process of reclaiming or saving a person from a state of vice, an immoral way of life, etc.; the state of being so… reformation1425 The action of reforming one's own or another's conduct or character; (now) esp. the improvement or correction of the behaviour of a criminal or… emendationc1540 Correction, reformation, improvement (of life, conduct, etc.). Obsolete. emendingc1542 The action of emend, v. recovery1542 Restoration or return to a higher or better (esp. spiritual) state. reparence1556 Repair, restoration. emendment1569 = amendment, n. 2. reduction1610 The action of bringing someone or something back to (also from) a particular state, condition, belief, etc. Formerly also without construction, in… reclamation1629 The action, fact, or process of reforming a person morally and spiritually; the saving of a person from a way of life considered immoral… reclaimer1650 = reclamation, n. (in various senses). reform1738 Improvement of character and conduct; the rehabilitation of criminals or people with self-destructive lifestyles. Subcategories:— one who reforms another (4) — one who is reformed (6) — ability to be reformed (3) — improvement in moral condition (6) |
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