1. To punish; to chastise by blows; to chasten.
2. To chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.
3. To emend; to correct.
4. Punish; reprove; criticize severely.

To restrain or temper; SYN. moderate, temper.
1. To correct by punishment or suffering; discipline; also; purify
2. To prune (as a work or style of art) of excess, pretense, or falsity; refine
3. To cause to be more humble or restrained; subdue

1. To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish.
2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
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