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Castigation N Punishment Severe Criticism Sensitive Mild Virginia

Castigation means punishment or severe criticism, often used as a form of reprimand.

Castigation bedeutet Bestrafung oder scharfe Kritik, oft als eine Form der Zurechtweisung verwendet.

Word castigation
Part of Speech N.
Definition punishment; severe criticism.
Sentence Sensitive to even mild criticism, Virginia Woolf could not bear the castigation that she met in certain reviews.
Related Words castigate, V.

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