chasten
verbUK, US /ˈt͡ʃeɪ.sən/
Etymology From Middle English chastien, from Old French chastier (“punish”), from Latin castīgō. Doublet of chastise and castigate and related to chaste.
1
To make chaste.
2
Archaic To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement.
- I will be his father, and he shall be my sonne: if hee commit iniquitie, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 7:14:
3
To render humble or restrained.
- Derived terms
- chastener, chastenment, rechasten