chastisement

noun

Definition of chastisementnext
as in punishment
suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense missing the field trip should be sufficient chastisement for the schoolyard fight

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  1. punishment
  2. wrath
  3. penalty
Noun
  • Leadership strategies that involve coercion, and emphasize punishment, don’t feel very modern.
    — Chris Westfall, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Columbia University on Thursday announced some students who occupied a campus building last spring during anti-Israel protests would face a range of punishments, including expulsions and suspensions.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of punishment
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  • Some of the wrath online was directed specifically at Sacks, who touted and backed various cryptocurrencies as a VC before joining the Trump administration, and whose firm, Craft Ventures, is an investor in crypto index fund manager Bitwise.
    — Ari Levy,MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
  • How the process played out underscores how wary Republicans are of incurring Trump’s wrath only weeks into his administration.
    — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 13 Feb. 2025
Definition of wrath
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  • However, the most serious penalty is intact—Google's popular Chrome browser is still on the chopping block.
    — Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2025
  • And that included nine penalties against him in only seven games last fall.
    — Pat Leonard, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of penalty
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