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Chasten v. t. (past & past part. chastened; pres. part. chastening)

To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod. "For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth."

To purify from errors or faults; to refine. "They (classics) chasten and enlarge the mind, and excite to noble actions."

Synonyms: To chastise; punish; correct; discipline; castigate; afflict; subdue; purify. To Chasten, Punish, Chastise. To chasten is to subject to affliction or trouble, in order to produce a general change for the better in life or character. To punish is to inflict penalty for violation of law, disobedience to authority, or intentional wrongdoing. To chastise is to punish a particular offense, as with stripes, especially with the hope that suffering or disgrace may prevent a repetition of faults.

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Etymology of 'Chastening'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chastening" Quotes from Famous Books

... not a better man," she said presently, as if the words were thrust out of her by a chastening conscience. "My pride kept me up after I had married him; but he was born shiftless an' he died shiftless. He never did a day's work in his life that I didn't drive him to. His children have never known how it was, for I've ...

— The Miller Of Old Church • Ellen Glasgow

... her bed In large-eyed hope and bended lowliness, To crave that He, the Giver, may impart Enough of strength to bind her trembling heart Steadfast and true; and that her will be led To own His chastening ...

— My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale • Thomas Woolner

... was accounted to be their hurt, and their journeying away from us to be their ruin: but they are in peace. For even if in the sight of men they be punished, their hope is full of immortality; and having borne a little chastening, they shall receive great good. Because God made trial of them, and found them worthy of himself; as gold in the furnace he proved them, and as a whole burnt offering he accepted them. And in the time of their visitation they shall shine forth, and as sparks among ...

— Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature • Various

... Meta, she was Ethel's chief consolation, by the redoubled assurances, directed to Ethel's unexpressed dread, lest Flora should be rejecting the chastening Hand. Meta had the most absolute certainty that Flora's apparent cheerfulness was all for George's sake, and that it was a most painful exertion. "If Ethel could only see how she let herself sink together, ...

— The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations • Charlotte Yonge

... slept, and when he woke it was only to wander away into that world where Maudie was lost utterly, and where the Colonel was at home. There was chastening in such hours for Maudie of Minook. "Now he's found the Other One," she would say to herself—"the One he was ...

— The Magnetic North • Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)

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