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English, 08.10.2019 04:00 jenniferjennifer5327

The mother would regularly castigate the young boy in public. she would tell him his clothes were messy, she would yell that he was lazy, and she would make comments about his intelligence.

using context clues, how would you define the meaning of the word castigate in the passage?

sharply criticize
strongly compliment
gently correct
lazily remark

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