Synonyms of the word

chastening

• v. present participle of chasten.
• n. The act by which somebody is chastened.

chastisement

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

correction

• n. The act of correcting.
• n. A substitution for an error or mistake.
• n. Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
• n. An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
• n. A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.
• n. (procedure word, military) a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue…

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.