chastise

chastise has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• v. t.. To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.
• v. t.. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
• v.. censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"