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Synonyms of chasten in English:

chasten


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verb

1‘both men were chastened by the bitter lessons of life’

SYNONYMS
subdue, humble, cow, squash, deflate, flatten, bring down, bring low, take down a peg or two, humiliate, mortify
restrain, tame, curb, check
informal cut down to size, put down, put someone in their place, settle someone's hash