Definition of "castigating" [castigating]

• Present participle of castigate. (verb)

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• "Sands, a local attorney and former state representative, has been the target of Democratic Party mailers and phone calls castigating him for his work defending criminals in court."
• "Maybe there’s some irony in castigating liberals (who supposedly blame society and circumstances for everything) when they put things in those terms."
• "Maybe there’s some irony in castigating liberals (who supposedly blame society and circumstances for everything) when they put things in thoseterms."