reproof

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Act or instance of reproving; a rebuke
an expression of disapproval or blame personally addressed to one censured
{n} blame, rebuke, reprehension, check
{i} admonition, reproach; censure, condemnation; expression of blame, accusation
an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
Refutation; confutation; contradiction
If you say or do something in reproof, you say or do it to show that you disapprove of what someone has done or said. She raised her eyebrows in reproof. a reproof that she responded to right away
censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach
remonstrance
re proval
repreve
reprefe
a reproof
{n} rebuke
reproofs
plural of reproof
self-reproof
self-reproach: the act of blaming yourself
reproof

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    Etymologie

    [ ri-'prüf ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English reprof, from Middle French reprove, from Old French, from reprover.
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