To chasten someone is to correct him or her, often with the use of some pretty steep punishment. Chasten can also mean "to restrain." Either of these actions may be necessary when someone isn't behaving like they're supposed to.
Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down.
Adjective S.
punished especially by reproof or reprimand
imp. & p. p.
of Chasten
a.
Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down.
Chastened
Of such a finished chastened purity.
Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down.
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A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.
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