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Meanings of castigation in inglés

catalán
andanada
español
reprobación

A severe scolding.

reprobación
portugués
castigo
español
reprimenda

Verbal punishment.

reprimenda
Usage of castigation in inglés
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Once in a hundred years the Lord brought a castigation upon him.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2
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A man could bear hate, abuse, anger, and castigation; but pity, never.
The Incredible Shrinking Man
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Oh the castigation I received from the Jockey Club on that account!
The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton)
4
She had delighted in the encounter; so, in spite of castigation, had he.
The Testing of Diana Mallory
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But the pain inflicted was to disappear with the first castigation.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
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The castigation, it is said, greatly improved the future treatment of his family.
Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical ...
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We are even better informed, and if we stand by we deserve castigation.
The Irish Times
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We have always felt that that is where the castigation should take place.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 2, 1917
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I settled back, knowing my own castigation was far from over.
Bones of the Lost
10
Half-hearted, milk-and-water castigation, like physic, should be thrown to the dogs.
Explanation of Catholic Morals / A Concise, Reasoned, and Popula...
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He took a fiercely angry pleasure in self-castigation for having wished to be happy.
Jean-Christophe, Volume I
12
When he attacked meanness, fraud, or vice, he was powerful, merciless in his castigation.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
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This terrible castigation of her hundred-thousand-dollar lawyer was too much for Miss Brentwood's nerves.
The Iron Heel
14
What could it be that was thus to save me from the expected castigation?
Ran Away to Sea
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The castigation which followed the exploits of the greatest of these in our own time-Mr.
History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
16
For a time he would be the grim Protestant Flagellant, pursuing the idea of self-castigation.
The Ragged Edge
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Translations for castigation
portugués
castigo
Castigation through the time
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