chasten

Verbs

(v) censure severely
- She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
castigate, chastise, objurgate, correct,
(v) restrain temper, moderate,
(v) correct by punishment or discipline tame, subdue,

Synonyms

castigate chastise objurgate correct temper moderate tame subdue

Words of close approximity

chaste

chasteness chastening