chastisement /ˈt͡ʃæstəzmənt/ noun1 •The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.Besides, the King hath wasted all his rods On late offenders, that he now doth lack The very instruments of chastisement; So that his power, like to a fangless lion, May offer, but not hold. — 1596 formschastisements