0 past simple and past participle of castigate
1 to criticize someone or something severely:
Health inspectors castigated the kitchen staff for poor standards of cleanliness.
There was a general castigation of young adults by their elders in that indulgent era as the Me Generation.
The American administration was "deeply troubled" but fell short of outright castigation.
The inquiry will be followed by much handwringing and the castigation of both individuals and local authorities.
Even those whose credentials had been established were castigated as having a 'suitcase mood' or demonised as vectors of infection.
That failure incensed the litigation masters enormously; they not only reprimanded their clients, but also castigated them for having spoiled their own reputation.
Though they existed outside the law and their existence was constantly castigated by the authorities, they played a very important role in society.
Another castigated group were those who ' would not be helped' or refused help when it was offered.
