Hyphenation of castigate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word castigate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

cas-ti-gate

Definitions of castigate:

1.	Censure severely She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
2.	Inflict severe punishment on

Synonyms of castigate:

verb	chastise, objurgate, chasten, correct, call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
verb	punish, penalize, penalise

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The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.