chastise v Cp OED ~ v 1 obs (1330-1579); EDD v 1 'scold, rebuke.' To teach, instruct or correct by admonition.
   1863 MORETON 36 ~ To rebuke, to admonish. It never means to punish. 1896 J A Folklore ix, 27 Chastise is used not as particularly meaning to punish either corporally or otherwise, but to train for good. A father will ask the person to whom he is intrusting his son to chastise him well, meaning merely bring him up in a good way. 1937 DEVINE 13 ~ To rebuke. P 93-73 ~ to lecture child about wrongdoing.

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