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.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.