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1. Censure severely
   - chastise, castigate, objurgate, correct
    
2. Restrain
   - moderate, temper
    
3. Correct by punishment or discipline
   - tame, subdue

Derived forms: chastened, chastens, chastening

Type of: alter, bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet [US], change, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, modify, rag, ream [N. Amer], rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce