chastise
Regular chastisement failed to quell his high spirits.
It was a home where young "fallen" women were sent for spiritual cleansing and physical chastisement.
This isn't a chastisement; it's practical advice.
The back-to-back chastisements - this was the second in six days - are highly unusual for a Congressional Representative.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Chastising & rebuking
admonishing
admonishingly
admonitory
barracking
bawl
carpet
earbashing
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
punchbag
punching bag
put someone in their placeidiom
rap someone over the knucklesidiom
read (someone) the riot actidiom
reproachful
shame
spoken
tear
wigging
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