Chastise /(chăs*tīz"; chăs"tīz)/

imp. & p. p. Chastised; p. pr. & vb. n. Chastising

1. To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.

   How fine my master is! I am afraid He will chastise me.

   I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised.

2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.

   The gay, social sense, by decency chastised.

3. To criticize (a person) strongly and directly in order to correct behavior.