chastise

• If you care to listen to me courteously I am willing to waste time on you; but don't imagine that I will stand here and wait while you criticize the management By this time I felt as if I had a child across my knee to whom I was administering maternal chastise- ment, and the uneasiness of my audience underlined the impression. —  The Story of a Pioneer
• We'll first chastise, then civilize, bold Johnny Navajo! ' —  Red Pepper
• It was the purpose of this majority to humiliate and chastise, not to conciliate, the defeated South. —  France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889
• Jimmy was too big for André to chastise, but as the rumor of the incident spread and the comedians began to quote freely some of the indecent phrases of the hoax, André fled the scene of torment. —  David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story
• Think faith and courage thoughts MISTAKES Not the Making But the Repeating, Is Your Danger To live down the past and erase the errors, live boldly the present Do not chastise or condemn yourself for mistakes you have made; you are not alone; everyone has made missteps, has hurt others, has wronged himself Everyone has had trouble, reverses and misfortune; it's the plan of things, and these things come to give us experience and correct our future acts by the knowledge of how to avoid errors and wrongs Yesterday is dead; forget it. —  Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep

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