Chastise

Verb

 * 1) To punish or scold someone.

Synonyms for Chastise
punish, reprove, reprimand, discipline, correct, chasten, castigate, reprehend, whip, afflict.

Antonyms for Chastise
forgive, comfort.

Thesaurus
admonish, baste, beat, belabor, berate, birch, bring to account, bring to book, call to account, cane, castigate, censure, chasten, chide, correct, deal with, discipline, flog, have words with, inflict upon, lecture, masthead, objurgate, penalize, pillory, pummel, punish, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, scold, scourge, set down, set straight, settle with, spank, square accounts, straighten out, take down, take to task, thrash, upbraid, visit upon, whip

Etymology
chastier: < castigo:

Pronunciation

 * , {{X-SAMPA|/"tS{staIz/}}

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,


 * Finnish:
 * French: châtier

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:reprehend