[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the verb CHASTISE; chastisement.
1303. R. Brunne, Handl. Synne, 4858. Better were þe chylde vnbore Þan fayle chastysyng.
1382. Wyclif, 1 Macc. ii. 49. Chastisyng, and tyme of distruccioun.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Doctor’s T., 98. Outher by necgligence in chastisynge.
1535. Coverdale, Hebr. xii. 11. No maner chastisynge for the present tyme semeth to be joyous.
1647. H. More, Song of Soul, II. i. I. xi. With their continuall chastisings [rhyme wings.]
