chastening
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈtʃeɪsənɪŋ/
- Formal
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corrección
- Seventy years in exile was a very stiff chastening, but it taught Israel to never again commit blatant idolatry with all the immoral acts that she originally learned from Moab.
- a chastening lesson
Examples
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After her embarrassing mistake, she felt a chastening sense of humility that made her rethink her actions.
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The professor's feedback on my paper was a chastening reminder of the importance of attention to detail.
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This chastening of the soul takes the heart out of the students and kills their drive.
Blog text (13) -
And if you watch those games back now, in hindsight, it's a really chastening experience to see.
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A suitably chastening lesson I will keep in mind.
Blog text (18) -
Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
Academic text (1998) -
He says that all Saints who will not endure chastening but deny Him cannot be sanctified.
Fiction book (1990) -
He is Belgian, as the text elegantly and pointedly implies, in a chastening lesson on cultural assumptions.
Academic text (1997) -
Happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastenings of the Almighty. -Eliphaz, Job 5:17
Fiction book (1998) -
Marxists, social democrats, and reformers of every stripe then underwent a chastening process of reeducation and emerged purged of their earlier confidence in the state.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
31
3.6
A remark that points out and fixes someone's mistake
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7.2
A strong spoken scolding for a mistake
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Etymology
Chastening comes from an old Latin root castigare, which means 'to correct' and is the same root behind chastise and chaste. It once meant a punishment meant to make someone better, so a chastening is a rebuke or experience that humbles you and helps you learn.