Definition for CAS-TI-GA'TION

CAS-TI-GA'TION, n.

  1. Punishment; correction; penance; discipline; emendation; restraint. – Boyle. Hale.
  2. Among the Romans, a military punishment inflicted on offenders, by beating with a wand or switch. – Encyc.

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