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1. A rebuke for making a mistake
   - correction, chastisement

1. Censure severely
   "She chastened him for his insensitive remarks";
   - chastise, castigate, objurgate, correct
    
2. Change by restraining or moderating
   - temper
    
3. Correct by punishment or discipline
   - tame, subdue

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

Encyclopedia: Chastening