OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 16387

castigate

/ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
castigar • censurar • criticar duramente • criticar severamente • reprender
To punish or reprimand someone severely.
Perhaps disarmed by his own scandalous behaviour with Bathsheba, he was in no position to castigate his son for a similar fault.