chasten somebodyto make somebody feel sorry for something they have done使内疚;使懊悔
He felt suitably chastened and apologized.他恰当地感到内疚并表示歉意。
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from an obsolete verb chaste, from Old French chastier, from Latin castigare ‘castigate’, from castus ‘morally pure, chaste’.