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What does castigate mean?

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Verb
  1. To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.
  2. To revise or make corrections to a publication.
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Yesterday I was amused to listen to the hon. member for Fort McMurray-Athabasca castigate me for supporting political games on the budget.
His inflammatory public remarks against British policy in Ireland caused W. M. Hughes to castigate him as disloyal.
A little more discipline in thought would be appropriate before we castigate the bird colonels and stars.
But she always finds others to castigate for their immorality and selfishness, rarely copping to what she would call a decadent lifestyle if another woman lived it.
Hail him for the success, castigate him for his failures but, for heaven's sake, do not bring religion into sport.
First we have to keep our heads, which means that amid all the emotion and horror it is not our job to castigate one side or the other.

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