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Definition
to decrease confidence by making someone realize they have done poorly
or (archaically): to severely criticize or punish
or (archaically): to severely criticize or punish
- It was easy to believe that he was quiet because chastened, even embarrassed.p. 146.4
There are no more uses of "chasten" in A Thousand Acres.
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