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- noun
Castigation ;chastisement ; asatirical reprimand .
Etymologies
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Perhaps from Middle English *forsliten, from Old English forslītan ("to devour, consume"), or from an alteration of forflitten ("severely scolded"), equivalent to for- + flitten.
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