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• castigate — castigation, n. castigative, castigatory /kas ti geuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. castigator, n. /kas ti gayt /, v.t., castigated, castigating. 1. to criticize or reprimand severely. 2. to punish in order to correct. [1600 10; < L castigatus lit.,… …   Universalium

• corrective — adj 1. remedial, therapeutic, medicinal, curative, healing; emendatory, U.S. amendatory, rectifying, counteractive; reparative, reparatory, restorative. 2. punitive, disciplinary, penal, castigative, castiga tory, reformatory …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• castigate —   v.t. punish; reprove; criticize severely.    ♦ castigation,    ♦ castigator, n.    ♦ castigative, castigatory, a …   Dictionary of difficult words