Synonyms of the word

castigation

• n. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
• n. (obsolete) Emendation; correction.

chastisement

• n. The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.

earful

• n. (informal) a reprimand, castigation or telling off.
• n. (informal) intimate gossip.

going-over

• n. Alternative spelling of going over.

penalisation

• n. Alternative spelling of penalization.

penalization

• n. The act of punishing; punishment.

penalty

• n. A legal sentence.
• n. A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
• n. (finance) A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
• n. (soccer) A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a…
• n. (ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play…

punishment

• n. The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
• n. A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
• n. A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution.
• n. (figuratively) Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished; rough handling.

rebuke

• n. A harsh criticism.
• v. To criticise harshly; to reprove.

reprehension

• n. the act, or an expression, of criticism, censure or condemnation; reprimand.

reprimand

• n. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
• v. To reprove in a formal or official way.

reproof

• n. An act or instance of reproving; a rebuke.
• v. To proof again.

reproval

• n. The act of reproving.

upbraiding

• v. present participle of upbraid.
• adj. Reproachful; chiding; censorious.
• n. An instance of severe criticism or rebuke.