chasten /ˈt͡ʃeɪ.sən/ verb3 •To render humble or restrained. •To make chaste. •(no longer used) To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement.I will be his father, and he shall be my sonne: if hee commit iniquitie, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the stripes of the children of men. — 1611 formschastened · chastening · chasteneth · chastens · chastenest