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   chasten

   /ˈtʃeɪs(ə)n/

   verb

   • 1. (of a rebuke or misfortune) have a restraining or moderating effect on: "the director was somewhat chastened by his recent flops"
   • ▪ (especially of God) discipline; punish.

   Word Origin early 16th century: from an obsolete verb chaste, from Old French chastier, from Latin castigare ‘castigate’, from castus ‘morally pure, chaste’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. chastener noun

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