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chastensverbpresent tense third-person singular of chasten to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crimechastened the child with five minutes of sitting in the corner castigates, chastises, corrects, disciplines, penalizes, punishes assesses, charges, docks, fines, imposes, levies, mulctsconvicts, sentencescondemns, damns, denouncescriticizes, keelhauls, rebukes, reprimands, reproveswreaks excuses, pardons, spares forfeitsgets off, ransoms, releasescommutes, reprievesabsolves, acquits, exculpates, exonerates, vindicates to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyesthe unexpected loss to a second-rate player really chastened the tournament's top-seeded tennis star abases, cheapens, debases, degrades, demeans, discredits, disgraces, dishonors, fouls, humbles, humiliates, lowers, shames, sinks, smirches, takes down abashes, confounds, confuses, discomfits, disconcerts, discountenances, embarrasses, fazes, flusters, mortifies, nonpluses(or nonplusses), rattlesbelittles, castigates, cries down, criticizes, decries, depreciates, detracts, diminishes, discounts, disparages, minimizes, puts down, ridicules, writes offbad-mouths, defames, defiles, libels, maligns, slandersaffronts, insultscensures, condemns, damns, denounces, execrates, reprehends, reprobates aggrandizes, canonizes, deifies, elevates, exalts acclaims, applauds, boasts, celebrates, cheers, cites, commends, compliments, congratulates, decorates, eulogizes, extols(also extolls), fetes(or fêtes), hails, honors, lauds, praises, salutes, toutsacknowledges, recognizeshighlights, plays up, spotlightsdignifies, ennobles, enshrines, enskies, enthrones, glorifies, magnifiesadvances, boosts, lifts, promotes, raises, upgrades, upliftsidealizes, romanticizes |