Usually means: Severely criticizes or reprimands someone.
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  1. castigates: Merriam-Webster
  2. castigates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. castigates: Vocabulary.com
  4. Castigates, castigates: Wordnik
  5. castigates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. castigates: Wiktionary
  7. castigates: Dictionary.com
  8. castigates: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. castigates: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. castigates: Legal dictionary

(Note: See castigate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (castigate)

verb:  (transitive, formal) To punish or reprimand someone severely.
verb:  (transitive, formal) To execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism.
verb:  (transitive, rare) To revise or make corrections to a publication.
▸ Also see castigate

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