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PRONUNCIATION OF CASTIGATION

castigation  [ˌkæstɪˈɡeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CASTIGATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Castigation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CASTIGATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Castigation

Castigation or chastisement is the infliction of severe punishment. One who administers a castigation is a castigator or chastiser. In earlier times, castigation specifically meant restoring one to a religiously pure state, called chastity. In ancient Rome, it was also a term for the magistrate called a censor, who castigated in the name of the pagan state religion but with the authority of the 'pious' state. In Christian times, this terminology was adopted but roughly restricted to the physical sphere: chastity became a matter of approved sexual conduct, castigation usually meaning physical punishment, either as a form of penance, as a voluntary pious exercise or as educational or other coercion, while the use for other punishments is now often perceived as metaphorical. Self-castigation is applied by the repentant culprit to himself, for moral and/or religious reasons, notably as penance.

Definition of castigation in the English dictionary

The definition of castigation in the dictionary is the act of rebuking or chastising someone in a severe manner; chastisement. Other definition of castigation is strong criticism of something.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CASTIGATION


aggregation
ˌæɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən
allegation
ˌælɪˈɡeɪʃən
centrifugation
ˌsɛntrɪfjʊˈɡeɪʃən
congregation
ˌkɒŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən
conjugation
ˌkɒndʒʊˈɡeɪʃən
delegation
ˌdɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən
elongation
ˌiːlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən
homologation
hɒˌmɒləˈɡeɪʃən
interrogation
ɪnˌtɛrəˈɡeɪʃən
investigation
ɪnˌvɛstɪˈɡeɪʃən
irrigation
ˌɪrɪˈɡeɪʃən
ligation
laɪˈɡeɪʃən
litigation
ˌlɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən
mitigation
ˌmɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən
navigation
ˌnævɪˈɡeɪʃən
obligation
ˌɒblɪˈɡeɪʃən
prolongation
ˌprəʊlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən
propagation
ˌprɒpəˈɡeɪʃən
relegation
ˌrɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən
segregation
ˌsɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CASTIGATION

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castigator
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Castiglione
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Castilian
Castilla
Castilla la Vieja
casting
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casting director
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WORDS THAT END LIKE CASTIGATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
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Synonyms and antonyms of castigation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CASTIGATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «castigation» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of castigation

Translation of «castigation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CASTIGATION

Find out the translation of castigation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of castigation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «castigation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

苛责
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

castigo
570 millions of speakers

English

castigation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सज़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بالانتقاد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бичевание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

castigation
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কঠোর ভর্ত্সনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fustigation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penahanan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Züchtigung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

校訂
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

혹평
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nglanggar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự nắn nót
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தண்டித்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिक्षा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kınama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

castigo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Chłosta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бичування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amendare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαπόμπευση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kastyding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bestraffning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

castigation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of castigation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CASTIGATION»

The term «castigation» is regularly used and occupies the 72.036 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CASTIGATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about castigation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CASTIGATION»

Discover the use of castigation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to castigation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Criminals, Cures, and Castigation: Heiric of Auxerre's ...
GRADUATE SCHOOL Research Integrity and Copyright Disclaimer Title of Thesis/Dissertation: Criminals, Cures, and Castigation: Heiric of Auxerre's Miracula sancti Germani and Ninth-Century Carolingian Hagiography For the degree of ...
Amy K. Bosworth, 2008
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Dance in Thumri
On the thumri style in Hindustani school of music, romantic and devotional in temperament, with introduction to the vocalists and dancers of the genre and Thumri dance-songs in Hindi and English.
Projesh Banerji, 1986
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The Mind & Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.
Chastity is named from castigation. Sinners need to chastise their impulses before their impulses can be pure. Constat ex experientia ! But the form of that purity is not the form of that castigation, though it is the reason for it. And the form of that ...
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O.U.C.H! Our Unwelcome Colored Help
CHAPTER. 10. Combined. Federal. Castigation. The next year after the EEO investigation, I finally received a promotion (my first in ten years) to a supervisory position in 1976. During this time, a senior officer (O-5),not from my department, ...
Clarence Freeman, 2009
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The Leodiensian; or Leeds grammar school magazine
ON. SCHOLASTIC. CASTIGATION. Some have been beaten till they know, What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow ; Some kick'd until they can feel whether, A shoe be Spanish or neats leather. Hudibras. It is not my intention to discuss the ...
Leeds grammar sch, 1828
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Queering the Renaissance
Practicing. Queer. Philology. with. Marguerite. de. Navarre: Nationalism. and. the. Castigation. of. Desire. CARLA FRECCERO Every encounter with a representation of the rape of Lucretia is an encounter with a literary topos of Western ...
Jonathan Goldberg, 1994
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Gulliver as Slave Trader: Racism Reviled by Jonathan Swift
... extent of debating whether or not to “exterminate them from the face of the earth.” Drawing on Shakespeare, Swift combines Albany's castigation of Goneril, and Lear's castigation of Goneril and Regan, to equate the African slave trade, and ...
Elaine L. Robinson, 2006
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A Harvest of Medieval Preaching
He recommends unremitting castigation of the body—“maceration of the flesh”— by abstinence and fasts, harsh clothing, hair shirts, hard beds, early rising, prayers, vigils, physical toil and exhaustion, flagellation with whips and rods, bare feet, ...
Ian D. Siggins, 2009
9
Morality and Health
Ranging across academic disciplines and historical time periods, the essays in Morality and Health offer a compelling assessment of the powerful role of moral systems for judging the complex questions of risk and responsibility for disease, ...
Allan M. Brandt, Paul Rozin, 2013
10
Camilla's Consequences
Camilla is a sexual blackmailer.
Helena Harker, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CASTIGATION»

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Do Moralists Make Bad Novelists?
We live in an era of constant online castigation and unequaled opportunity to judge and be judged. We are unceasingly exposed to our friends' ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
The Note: Notes On A Rope
For the Republicans, two weeks of Donald Trump castigation has lastly grown to contain the frontrunners. Now it really is not just George Pataki ... «Gazette Dubai, Jul 15»
3
Reflections on a World Cup Final
Players playing safe to avoid the possibility of mistake and castigation. Confidence plunked on the bench. But not this one. The nails were ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
4
Monday letters
... in between friends and relatives, I marvel at the seething societal self-loathing castigation of southern white liberals like Gerald Ensley. «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
5
The Trial, Young Vic
... in the course of his life, Kinnear moves from minor puzzlement through smothered fear to “I didn't do it but it's my fault” self-castigation. «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
6
June 9 'Coup' And Its Aftermath By 'Gbade Ojo (Ph.D)
... blaming the ruling party (APC), while not holding brief for party leaders, I surmise that political class deserves castigation more than the party. «The Streetjournal, Jul 15»
7
Leniency for family members of select defectors
... the relevant inminban [people's unit] leader and state-enterprise cadres undergo--at the very least-- thorough castigation in criticism sessions ... «Daily NK, Jul 15»
8
Ignore negative comments, be positive: PM
Modi, who has often been at the receiving end of castigation on twitter, asked his audience to focus only on "positive criticism and ignore the ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
9
Former Saints DE Anthony Hargrove reminisces on Bountygate …
In recalling his public castigation, he appears at once bitter, hurt and confused. In the end, disproving a bounty program may be a tougher task ... «Who Dat Dish, Jul 15»
10
Anthony Hargrove remains in football exile years after Bountygate …
In recalling his public castigation, he appears at once bitter, hurt and confused. In the end, disproving a bounty program may be a tougher task ... «SI.com, Jul 15»

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