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Explore Castigation through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like earful or penalty. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Castigation in a sentence

Castigation meaning

  1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof
  2. Severe criticism.
  3. Emendation; correction.

Synonyms of Castigation

earful penalty punishment chastisement reprimand reprehension reproval reproof rebuke dressing down going-over upbraiding chewing out bawling out penalization

Related words

Other words often associated with Castigation or its synonyms:

criticism penalisation trounce rag lecture chide scold jaw criticise disadvantage scrutiny censure

Using Castigation

  • The main meaning on this page is: Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof | Severe criticism. | Emendation; correction.
  • Useful related words include: earful, penalty, punishment, chastisement.
  • In the example corpus, castigation often appears in combinations such as: castigation of.

Context around Castigation

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

widespread 1× open 1×

Sentence patterns with Castigation

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

politics of castigation 1× receiving a castigation by an 1× the open castigation of the 1× the widespread castigation of the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a former deputy 1× now that we 1× one state program 1× we don t 1×

Common sentence endings:

filed wood said 1× issue of restructuring 1× of the governor 1× politics of castigation 1×

Words around Castigation

Just before it in the word index:

castigating 21 castigates 4 castigated 60 castigate 16 castigata 2 castiel 34

Just after it in the word index:

castiglione 11 castiglioni 6 castile 126 castiles 3 castilian 47 castilians 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Castigation

  • In this selection, "castigation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, widespread and open stand out and add context to how "castigation" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include politics of castigation and receiving a castigation by an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "castigation" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with castigation

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

We don’t want politics of castigation. (7 words)

One state program manager was “almost in tears” after receiving a “castigation” by an Operation Warp Speed official who was unhappy with a plan she filed, Wood said. (28 words)

Now that we are meeting with our party men at the Federal level, one wonders what points they plan to score with the open castigation of the Governor. (28 words)

Longer example sentences

A former Deputy Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Chief Orisalade Adetunji Taiwo had condemned the widespread castigation of the New Year Speech of President Muhammad Buhari, especially on the issue of restructuring. (35 words)

One state program manager was “almost in tears” after receiving a “castigation” by an Operation Warp Speed official who was unhappy with a plan she filed, Wood said. (28 words)

Now that we are meeting with our party men at the Federal level, one wonders what points they plan to score with the open castigation of the Governor. (28 words)

Example sentences (4)

One state program manager was “almost in tears” after receiving a “castigation” by an Operation Warp Speed official who was unhappy with a plan she filed, Wood said.

A former Deputy Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Chief Orisalade Adetunji Taiwo had condemned the widespread castigation of the New Year Speech of President Muhammad Buhari, especially on the issue of restructuring.

Now that we are meeting with our party men at the Federal level, one wonders what points they plan to score with the open castigation of the Governor.

We don’t want politics of castigation.

Common combinations with castigation

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • castigation of 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "castigation" in a sentence?
An example: "One state program manager was “almost in tears” after receiving a “castigation” by an Operation Warp Speed official who was unhappy with a plan she filed, Wood said." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "castigation" from authentic English texts.
What does "castigation" mean?
Castigation means: Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof
What are synonyms of "castigation"?
Common synonyms of "castigation" include: earful, penalty, punishment, chastisement, reprimand, reprehension, reproval, reproof. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "castigation" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "castigation", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.