REPREHENSION
rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
(noun) an act or expression of criticism and censure; “he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
reprehension (countable and uncountable, plural reprehensions)
the act, or an expression, of criticism, censure or condemnation; reprimand
Source: Wiktionary
Rep`re*hen"sion (-shn), n. Etym: [L. reprehensio: cf. F. répréhension.]
Definition: Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval. This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him a secret reprehension that he had not showed more gratefulness to Dorus. Sir P. Sidney.
Syn.
– Censure; reproof; reprimand. See Admonition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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