1. A severe scolding
   - earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down 
2. Verbal punishment
   - chastisement

Derived forms: castigations

See also: castigate

Type of: penalisation [Brit], penalization, penalty, punishment, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval

Encyclopedia: Castigation

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