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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