Chastening 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.