reproof

Definition

An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.

Etymology

From Old French reprove, from reprover. See reprove.

Example Sentences

• "You could not give me a greater reproof for the mistake I fell into. It was all my doing, I know. I have not forgotten it, I assure you."
• "On at least one such occasion, in L.N.E.R. days, I discovered later that what I had written was precisely what the authorities wanted to be said, though it would have been highly impolitic for my chief to have given me this information rather than the formal reproof that I received!"