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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
chastised \chastised\ adjective having bad behavior criticised and punished; as, the chastised child sat humbly in the corner.
Syn: corrected, disciplined. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chastise \Chas*tise"\ (ch[a^]s*t[imac]z"; ch[a^]s"t[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chastised} (ch[a^]s*t[imac]zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chastising}.] [OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen + modern -ise, -ize, L. -izare, Gr. -i'zein. See {Chasten}.]
1. To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.
How fine my master is! I am afraid He will chastise me. --Shak.
I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. --Boyle.
2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. --Thomson.
3. To criticize (a person) strongly and directly in order to correct behavior.
Syn: castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct, dress down. [PJC]
Syn: See {Chasten}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
chastised
adjective: punished for misbehavior; "the chastised child sat humbly in the corner" [syn: {corrected}, {disciplined}]
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