chasten
verb (used with object)
to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
chastener
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a word derived from
chasten.
Example Sentences
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And loyal Henry Wallace, smitten hip & thigh himself, still loved his chastener.
From Time Magazine Archive
Had she lived, or had she only known before she died, the constancy and purity of my love; but forgive me, thou Almighty chastener of man's erring heart!
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz
On John Cross she fixed her fearless eye, like that of some fallen angel, still braving the chastener, whom he can not contend with.
From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by William Gilmore Simms
He was to learn the lesson then, as a wholesome chastener to the pride of success.
From Hereward, the Last of the English by Charles Kingsley
There is a comforter, and there is a chastener.
From Wylder's Hand by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
