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chastise collapse: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

mortify collapse: hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"; practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

extenuate collapse: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

tone down collapse: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

lighten collapse: become lighter; "The room lightened up"; become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"; reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey"; make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit"

punish collapse: impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"

purify collapse: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"; make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"; become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"

simplify collapse: make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent; "We had to simplify the instructions"; "this move will simplify our lives"

deaden collapse: convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil; make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"; become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor; lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"; make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"

modulate collapse: vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves); adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of; change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody"

pillory collapse: a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn; punish by putting in a pillory; expose to ridicule or public scorn

shame collapse: a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt; a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"; surpass or beat by a wide margin; cause to be ashamed; compel through a sense of shame; "She shamed him into making amends"

chaste collapse: morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste"; abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse; pure and simple in design or style; "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers"

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