All 10 Uses of
chastise
in
The Giver
- He waited for his father to chastise Lily.
p. 20.2chastise = criticize
- Lily, he decided, would have to learn that soon, or she would be called in for chastisement because of her insensitive chatter.
p. 20.9chastisement = criticism
- It was a minor rule, rather like rudeness, punishable only by gentle chastisement.
p. 27.4 *
- Jonas said the standard phrase automatically, and tried to pay better attention while his mother told of a dream fragment, a disquieting scene where she had been chastised for a rule infraction she didn't understand.
p. 34.8chastised = criticized
- Fritz was a very awkward child who had been summoned for chastisement again and again.
p. 45.9chastisement = criticism
- He kept turning his head and glancing back at Jonas until the group leader had to give him a silent chastisement, a motion to sit still and face forward.
p. 53.6
- "In fact," the Chief Elder continued, chuckling a little herself, "we even gave a little thought to some retroactive chastisement for the one who had been Asher's Instructor of Threes so long ago."
p. 54.5
- We hoped, also, that he would present himself promptly for chastisement, and he has always done so.
p. 62.6
- They would think him inconsiderate and they would plan to chastise him, later.
p. 159.8chastise = criticize
- Jonas remembered, suddenly and grimly, the time in his childhood when he had been chastised for misusing a word.
p. 173.9chastised = criticized
Definition:
to scold or criticize