Chasten.
Synonyms:
| afflict, | chastise, | discipline, | punish, | refine, | subdue, |
| castigate, | correct, | humble, | purify, | soften, | try. |
Castigate and chastise refer strictly to corporal punishment, tho both are somewhat archaic; correct and punish are often used as euphemisms in preference to either. Punish is distinctly retributive in sense; chastise, partly retributive, and partly corrective; chasten, wholly corrective. Chasten is used exclusively in the spiritual sense, and chiefly of the visitation of God.
Prepositions:
"We are chastened of the Lord," 1 Cor. xi, 32; "they... chastened us after their own pleasure, but He for our profit," Heb. xii, 10; "chasten in thy hot displeasure," Ps. iv, 7; chasten with pain; by trials and sorrows.