chasten

/ˈchā-sᵊn/

extension with of earlier chaste "to correct by punishment, discipline," going back to Middle English chasten, borrowed from Anglo-French chastier, castier, caster (also continental Old French castier, chastier, chastoier), going back to Latin castīgāre "to discipline for a fault or lapse, reprove, censure"

verb

  1. to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline; also : purify

  2. to prune (something, such as a work or style of art) of excess, pretense, or falsity : refine

  3. to cause to be more humble or restrained : subdue

If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men

punish chastise castigate chasten discipline correct mean to inflict a penalty on in requital for wrongdoing. punish implies subjecting to a penalty for wrongdoing. chastise may apply to either the infliction of corporal punishment or to verbal censure or denunciation.