Noun
The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.
Source: Webster's dictionaryChapter 3 speaks of hope for the people of God: the chastisement would only be for their good; a better day would dawn for them. Source: Internet
They will suffer in the first place the chastisement of the divine condemnation, and in the second the punishment which our authority, in accordance with the will of heaven, will decide to inflict. citation Theodosian Code XVI. Source: Internet
Yet if need require, charity can execute justice, and inflict chastisement, not out of desire of another’s misery, but out of love and compassion to mankind. Source: Internet