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PRONUNCIATION OF CHASTENMENT

chastenment  [ˈtʃeɪsənmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHASTENMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chastenment 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 CHASTENMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of chastenment in the English dictionary

The definition of chastenment in the dictionary is chastening, to prevent from excess.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHASTENMENT


abandonment
əˈbændənmənt
apportionment
əˈpɔːʃənmənt
bedizenment
bɪˈdaɪzənmənt
disheartenment
dɪsˈhɑːt ənmənt
disillusionment
ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒ ənmənt
disimprisonment
ˌdɪsɪmˈprɪzənmənt
emblazonment
ɪmˈbleɪzənmənt
empoisonment
ɪmˈpɔɪzənmənt
enlightenment
ɪnˈlaɪtənmənt
enlivenment
ɪnˈlaɪv ənmənt
environment
ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt
government
ˈɡʌvənmənt
imprisonment
ɪmˈprɪzənmənt
microenvironment
ˈmaɪkrəʊɪnˌvaɪrənmənt
misgovernment
ˈmɪsˈɡʌvənmənt
partitionment
pɑːˈtɪʃənmənt
prisonment
ˈprɪzənmənt
proportionment
prəˈpɔːʃənmənt
reapportionment
ˌriːəˈpɔːʃənmənt
refashionment
riːˈfæʃənmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHASTENMENT

chassis
chaste
chaste tree
chastely
chasten
chastened
chastener
chasteness
chastening
chasteningly
chastisable
chastise
chastisement
chastiser
chastity
chastity belt
chasuble

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHASTENMENT

adjournment
adornment
advertisement
alignment
assignment
attainment
built environment
cantonment
central government
consignment
containment
Department of the Environment
e-government
entertainment
Federal Government
infotainment
local government
national government
national unity government
open government
realignment

Synonyms and antonyms of chastenment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chastenment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHASTENMENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

chastenment
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chastenment
570 millions of speakers

English

chastenment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

chastenment
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

chastenment
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

chastenment
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chastenment
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

chastenment
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chastenment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesengsaraan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

chastenment
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

chastenment
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

chastenment
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chastenment
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

chastenment
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

chastenment
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शासक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

chastenment
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chastenment
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chastenment
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

chastenment
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chastenment
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

chastenment
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

chastenment
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chastenment
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chastenment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chastenment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHASTENMENT»

The term «chastenment» is used very little and occupies the 170.861 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHASTENMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chastenment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chastenment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHASTENMENT»

Discover the use of chastenment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chastenment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Clara Vaughan
... I never grieved that the soft chastenment was not shed on me. For her I loved and admired it; for myself I scorned it utterly. The same clear sunshine was upon us both: we both were looking on the same fair scencLthe gold of ripening corn, ...
Richard D. Blackmore, 1872
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The Monthly Religious Magazine
... hearts the teachings and the warnings it brings with it ? striving to say, in the spirit of those beautiful lines, " My God, I thank thee ; may no thought E'er deem thy chastenment severe ; But may this heart, by sorrow taught, Calm each wild wish, ...
Frederic Dan Huntington, 1847
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Young Benjamin Franklin: Or, The Right Road Through Life
... parsimony, which is wise husbandry in a prudent man, is but base avarice in the miser ; the punishment, which is kindly chastenment from the hands of the wise governor, is simply bloody malevolence when the blow is prompted by revenge.
Henry Mayhew, 1862
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THE SCOTTISH CONGREGATIONAL MAGAZINE
That gracest well the watery bed of tears I In chastenment thou sitt'st a goodly sight. To calm our haste, and check our panic fear*. By thee we learn to count a victoiy sure, — The vanquished conquers, if he but endure." The true spirit of moral ...
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Morphological Productivity: Structural Constraints in ...
The following forms are attested: (4) (re-)awakenment, enlightenment, enlivenment, fastenment (dialectal), disheartenment, dizenment, chastenment ( rare), lengthenment (rare), worsenment The status of these counterexamples is of course ...
Ingo Plag, 1999
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A - I.
Chastenment is generally by God. Chasuble (chaz'u-bl) n. Chat (chat) [Short for chatter.] v. i. to talk familiarly or easily jfrfl / pi- ST «--&c. ^f^, iron/;;;, »». ^Z^. C. v.t. ( obs.)-^(i TflfS f)i<|ui. Chat, Chatting n. (v. V. I.) jftgf/ pZ., g^f ^ H'^re^ «, UT or ...
Nilakantha Babaji Ranade, 1996
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Structuring Sense: Volume III: Taking Form
Note that all cases in (iiia) involve a categorizing prefix as well: (iii) a. awakenment; bedizenment; disheartenment; enlightenment b. (listed in Plag 1999):fastenment (dialectal); chastenment (rare); lengthenment (rare); worsenment Particularly ...
Hagit Borer, 2013
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Sterne
For, as it was, the restraint of one instinct of his nature implied the over- indulgence of another which stood in at least as much need of chastenment. If his love-affairs stopped short of the gratification of the senses, they involved a perpetual ...
Henry Duff Traill, 2011
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Delphi Complete Works of Laurence Sterne (Illustrated)
For, as itwas,therestraint of oneinstinct of his nature implied the overindulgence ofanother whichstoodin at leastasmuch need of chastenment. If hisloveaffairs stopped short ofthe gratification of thesenses, they involved a perpetual fondlingand ...
Laurence Sterne, 2013
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Tarot Dictionary and Compendium
Waite—Severity with chastenment, familiarity with sorrow. Widowhood, female sadness and embarrassment, absence, sterility, mourning, privation, separation. Walker—Kali. The Destroyer Goddess who gave re-birth by bringing destruction.
Jana Riley, 1995

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHASTENMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chastenment is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hoover pleads not guilty in death of California bicyclist
Miss Chastenment died of her injuries Sept. 24. "We don't believe [Hoover] even slowed down, whether he realized he hit her or not," Laver ... «Hudson Hub-Times, Oct 13»

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