REPROVAL

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

reproval (countable and uncountable, plural reprovals)

The act of reproving.

Source: Wiktionary


Re*prov"al (-al), n.

Definition: Reproof. Sir P. Sidney.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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