Chasten vs Restrain - What's the difference?
chasten | restrain | Related terms |
To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc.); to restrain, moderate
To make chaste; to purify.
To punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement; to discipline.
To render humble or restrained.
To control or keep in check.
To deprive of liberty.
To restrict or limit.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
Chasten is a related term of restrain.
As verbs the difference between chasten and restrain
is that chasten is to punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc); to restrain, moderate while restrain is to control or keep in check.chasten
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(en verb)restrain
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(en verb)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}