castigatory
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Serving to castigate; tending to correction; corrective; punitive.
- noun Something that serves to castigate; specifically, an apparatus formerly used in punishing scolds. Also called ducking-stool and trebucket.
Examples
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The castigatory sermon which Fräulein Rottenmeier had held in reserve for Heidi was put off till the following day, as she felt too exhausted now after all the emotions she had gone through of irritation, anger, and fright, of which Heidi had unconsciously been the cause.
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But the justice which respects things done is either that of government, or jurisdiction or judgment; and this, again, they affirm to be either remunerative or corrective, but that corrective is either castigatory or vindicatory.
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At the same moment Mr. Lott, his right arm being weary, brought the castigatory exercise to an end.
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Perhaps an older reader has read only H. G. Wells's The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, with Wells at his castigatory best.
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Next I tried to take off the castigatory appearance, by inserting the bristles in a kind of handle; but then it looked as if the poor woman had been engaged in the capacities of housemaid and child-keeper at once, and, fatigued with her double duty, had sat down on the wine-cooler, with the broom in one hand, and the bairn in the other.
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A number of excellent suggestions to help people avoid the inadvertent expression of prejudice are offered, albeit interspersed among excoriating, castigatory comments that are entirely irrelevant to The Cause, hence diminish the impact and strength of purpose of both.
Note
The word 'castigatory' comes from a Latin word meaning 'to correct, to chastise'.
