chastening

Speech parts

1. chastening - Noun

2. chastening - Verb

Meaning

of Chasten

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

correction chastisement correctional penal deflate chastise correct penalty punishment discipline moderate crushing humble squash retribution
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Antonyms

encouraging cleaning comfort forgiveness consolation boon
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Hypernyms

rebuke reprimand reproof reprehension reproval

Examples

He who willingly accepts chastening by affliction is not dominated by evil thoughts against his will; whereas he who does not accept affliction is taken prisoner by evil thoughts, even though he resists them. Marcus Eremita

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. Diane Ackerman

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret: You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey. Diane Ackerman

We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says, chastening and it sounds sweet to him though it is a discord to our ears. Don't faint when you are rebuked, and don't despise the chastening of the Lord. ''In your patience possess your souls.'' Oswald Chambers

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. King Solomon

Close letter words and terms

chastenedness chastener chasteness chasteningly chastenment chastisable