What does chastening mean?
Chastening means present participle and gerund of chasten.
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of chasten.
But these chastenings are for his sins, as appears by what follows[…]
Use chastening when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chastening means present participle and gerund of chasten.
Common synonyms include castigation, chastisement, chastening, correction.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But these chastenings are for his sins, as appears by what follows[…]
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.