(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:22:55

Cas`ti*ga"tion (?), n. [L. catigatio.]

1.

Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.

The keenest castigation of her slanderers. W. Irving.

2.

Emendation; correction.

[Obs.]

 

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