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Inf. dress down, Sl. strafe, Sl. chew out, Sl. jump all over; objurgate, excoriate, upbraid, rebuke, flay, fulminate against, tongue-lash, lay [s.o.] out in lavender, Inf. jump down [s.o.'s] throat, Archaic, clapperclaw; punish, penalize, rap [s.o.'s] knuckles, slap [s.o.'sj wrists. See - chastise (def. 1).
2. restrain, curb, check, stop, halt; subdue, tame, break, humble; temper, moderate, soften, tone down.
3. purify, refine, depurate; expurgate, purge, cleanse, deterge, Med. absterge; decontaminate, depollute, un-sully.

chastise, v. 1. spank, whip, thrash, flog, lash, switch, birch, scourge, flagellate, horsewhip, curry, strap, thresh, flail, cowhide, Brit. Dial, yerk, Inf. tan [s.o.'s] hide, Inf. trim, Inf. thump, Inf. lace, Inf. lambaste, Inf whale, Sl. whomp, Sl. belt; beat, cuff, buffet, box, Dial, hit [s.o.] up side the head, Inf. whack, Inf. wallop, Inf. crown, Inf. give it to, Sl. knock around or about, Sl. give [s.o.] the business, Sl. give [s.o.] the works, Sl. give [s.o.] what for, Sl. let [s.o.] have it, Sl. lay into; fustigate, cudgel, bludgeon, baste, cane, bastinado.
2. discipline, correct, punish. See - chasten (def. 1).

chastity, n. 1. chasteness, virtue, virtuousness, goodness; innocence, innocency, modesty, Rare. pudicity; purity, pureness, untouchedness, uncor-ruptedness; freshness, cleanness, spotlessness, stainlessness, immaculacy, immaculateness.
2. celibacy, virginity, Obs. pucelage, maidenhood or maidhood; singleness, bachelorhood, spinsterhood, unmarried state, Euph. single blessedness.
3. continence, continency, abstinence, abstention, abstemiousness, nonindulgence; restraint, self-restraint, self-control; refrainment, refraining, forbearance, desistance.
4. Puritanism, austerity, self-mortification, self-deprivation; asceticism, self-denial, self-abnegation.

chat, v. 1. talk, converse, palaver, Inf. rap, chitchat, coze, confabulate, chin, Inf. pass the time of day, Inf. beat one's gums, Sl. shoot the breeze or the bull, Sl. chew the fat or the rag, Sl. yak; chatter, clack, prattle, prat, rattle, babble; gossip, tittle-tattle, buzz.
-n. 2. talk, conversation, palaver; tete-d-t€te, coze, causerie, confabulation, Inf. confab, Inf. chin session, Inf. rap session; gossip, Inf. rap; chatter, prattle, clack, babble, rattle, Brit, natter.

chateau, n. 1. castle, stronghold, fortress, citadel; keep, tower, donjon, hold.
2. palace, manor house, hall, mansion, country estate; vineyard estate, winery.

chattel, n. 1. property, estate, estate and effects, holdings, possessions, what one has to one's name, what one can call one's own, Law. chose; movable, movable article; Law. acquest; Law. hereditament.
2. Usu.

chattels belongings, personal belongings, effects, personal effects, personal estate, personal possessions, properties, Inf things, Sl. stuff, Sl. junk; baggage, bag and baggage, gear, impedimenta, dunnage, luggage, kit, duffel; All Law. choses, choses in action or possession, choses transitory, personalty; paraphernalia, accouterments, appurtenances, appointments, appendages, accessories, trappings; goods, goods and chattels, movables, movable articles, furniture.
3. slave, bondsman, bondman, bond slave, chattel slave, indentured servant, servant, thrall, Hist, or Archaic. theow or thew; bondswoman, bondwoman, bondmaid.

chatter, v. 1. jabber, prattle, cackle, gibber, Sl. gibber-jabber, jargon; babble, prate, tattle, twaddle, Brit, twattle; patter, gabble, blather, drivel; mutter, mumble, splutter, sputter, stammer; chit-chat, chitter-chatter, chaffer, bandy words; gossip, buzz, talk idly, SI. shoot the breeze, SI. gas, Inf. gab, SI. bull; palaver, clack, clatter, rattle, SI. run off or on at the mouth; gush, blab, Inf. spout; be loquacious or talkative, ramble, maunder.