noun
- a person or thing that chastens; something that disciplines, corrects, or humbles
Usage: often used in formal or literary contexts
Examples
- Failure can be a harsh chastener, teaching us valuable lessons about humility.
- The coach served as a chastener of the team's overconfidence after their early losses.
- Adversity is often a chastener of the human spirit.
- She viewed criticism as a necessary chastener of her artistic ambitions.
- Time proved to be the chastener of his youthful arrogance.