δυσώπημα
From LSJ
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A a means of making one ashamed, and so, a corrective, τῶν ἡμαρτημένων J.BJ1.25.5, cf. D.Chr.Fr.8.