Also 7 chastning. [f. CHASTEN + -ING1.] The action of the verb CHASTEN; disciplinary punishment, chastisement, correction; subduing of excess or intensity.
1526. Tindale, Hebr. xii. 5. My sonne despyse not the chastenynge of the Lorde.
1535. Coverdale, 2 Macc. vii. 33. Though God be angrie with vs a litle whyle (for oure chasteninge & reformacion).
1643. Milton, Divorce, II. iii. (1851), 70. Whom he would correct by wholsome chastning.
1839. Dickens, Nich. Nick., x. Striking his nose with the knuckle of his forefinger as a chastening for his forgetfulness.
1851. Ruskin, Mod. Paint., II. III. I. x. § 7. The … real power of all colour is dependent on the chastening of it.
