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noun

    Something, such as loss, pain, or confinement, imposed for wrongdoing: chastisement, correction, discipline, penalty, punishment. See reward/punish/deserve.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a severe scolding
  Synonyms: earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down

Meaning #2: verbal punishment
  Synonym: chastisement

 
 
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