chasten

present singular third person chastens · participle present chastening · participle past chastened · past chastened

1. To make chaste.

   Synonyms: purify

2. archaicTo chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement.

   I will be his father, and he shall be my sonne: if hee commit iniquitie, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 7:14

   Synonyms: chastise, discipline, amerce, castigate, chastise, come down on, correct, fix someone's wagon

3. To render humble or restrained.

   Synonyms: restrain, moderate