Cat Lover: Mikaela is the first to admit that she's a proud owner of a fat Tabby cat named Muffin. According to the athlete, her four-legged friend loves to sleep all day and beg for food. I really love animals in general, she told NBC Olympics.
The definition of chasten is to restrain, tame or moderate, or to punish or discipline. When you hold back someone's bad behavior and keep it from happening, this is an example of when you chasten.
1 chaperone, chaperon-Chaperone comes from French chaperon, meaning hood or cowl, head covering, which was worn from the 16th century by ladies who served as guides and guardians; chaperon is the standard spelling and chaperone is a variant resulting from pronunciation.