▪ I. chastening, vbl. n.
(ˈtʃeɪs(ə)nɪŋ)
Also 7 chastning.
[f. chasten + -ing1.]
The action of the verb chasten; disciplinary punishment, chastisement, correction; subduing of excess or intensity.
| 1526 Tindale Hebr. xii. 5 My sonne despyse not the chastenynge of the Lorde. 1535 Coverdale 2 Macc. vii. 33 Though God be angrie with vs a litle whyle (for oure chasteninge & reformacion). 1643 Milton Divorce ii. iii. (1851) 70 Whom he would correct by wholsome chastning. 1839 Dickens Nich. Nick. x, Striking his nose with the knuckle of his forefinger as a chastening for his forgetfulness. 1851 Ruskin Mod. Paint. II. iii. i. x. §7 The..real power of all colour is dependent on the chastening of it. |
▪ II. ˈchastening, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That chastens; correcting, chastising; purifying, refining, subduing.
| 1667 Milton P.L. xi. 373, I..to the hand of Heav'n submit, However chastening. 1814 Southey Roderick vii, A healing and a chastening grief. 1843 J. G. Deck Hymn, ‘It is Thy hand, my God’ i, I bow beneath Thy chastening rod. 1872 Liddon Elem. Relig. iii. 127 The most solemn, the most chastening, the most stimulating consideration. |