Spanking of children

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>>>>> "Stan" == Stan Hallett <stanh@midcoast.com> writes:

    >> Chastening is not atonement. Chastening is not a payment for
    >> error, but a correction to prevent further deviation.

    Stan> I have no dictionary handy here. Could someone who does
    Stan> define how the dictionary defines chasten or chastening or
    Stan> chastise?

>From the Hypertext Webster Interface
http://c.gp.cs.cmu.edu:5103/prog/webster?chastise

chas.tise \cha-'sti-z\ \cha-'sti-z-m*nt, 'chas-t*z-\ \cha-'sti--z*r\
vt [ME chastisen, alter. of chasten] 1: to inflict punishment on (as
by whipping) 2: to censure severely : CASTIGATE archaic 3: CHASTEN -
chas.tise.ment n

n.b. "to inflict punishment on (as by whipping)"

That kind of settles it, I would think...

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