chasten

UK: /ˈtʃeɪs^ən/ US: /ˈtʃeɪsən/ ,(chā′sən)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

chas•ten /ˈtʃeɪsən/   v. [~ + object]

1. to inflict punishment or suffering upon (someone) in order to correct:
   The huge defeat chastened the overconfident team.
2. to make humble or restrained:
   We were chastened by the knowledge of how little we really knew.

chas•ten•ing•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

chas•ten  (chā′sən), v.t. 

1. to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement;
   chastise.
2. to restrain;
   subdue:
   Age has chastened his violent temper.
3. to make chaste in style.

• Latin castigāre; see castigate
• Old French chastier
• 1520–30; chaste + -en¹; replacing chaste (verb, verbal), Middle English chastien

chas′ten•er, n. 
chas′ten•ing•ly, adv. 
chas′ten•ment, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. discipline, punish.
• 2. humble.
• 3. purify, simplify.

Antonyms

• 1. indulge.

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chasten / ˈtʃeɪs^ən/ verb (transitive)

1. to bring to a state of submission; subdue; tame
2. to discipline or correct by punishment
3. to moderate; restrain; temper

Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French chastier, from Latin castigāre; see castigate

ˈchastener noun