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castigate Verb [-gating, -gated] to find fault with or reprimand (a person) harshly [Latin castigare to correct] castigation n
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castigate verb reprimand, blast, carpet (informal) put down, criticize, lash, slate (informal), chiefly Brit. censure, rebuke, scold, berate, dress down (informal) chastise, chasten, tear into (informal) diss (slang), chiefly U.S. read the riot act, slap on the wrist, lambast(e), bawl out (informal) excoriate, rap over the knuckles, haul over the coals (informal) chew out U.S., Canad. (informal) tear (someone) off a strip Brit. (informal) give a rocket Brit., N.Z. (informal) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There were private, one-on-one meetings with O'Neal and Bryant, and occasional public castigations of both players. Not only does Andrew, a liberal historian at Franklin & Marshall College, document just what young conservatives were up to in the '60s (activity largely ignored by previous historians), his identification of YAF as one of the era's three major student groups (along with Students for a Democratic Society and the Student Non-Violence Coordinating Committee) suggests a reading of the decade that provocatively complicates conservative castigations of student "radicals. |
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