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Reprimand   /rˈɛprəmˌænd/   Listen
noun
Reprimand  n.  Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. "Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him."


verb
Reprimand  v. t.  (past & past part. reprimanded; pres. part. reprimanding)  
1.
To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally. "Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission."
2.
To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.
Synonyms: To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame. See Reprove.





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"Reprimand" Quotes from Famous Books



... home without falling into much more trouble then he imagined he had before. At once his seal number is sent to all the countries and into every sub-division. Any one aiding or abetting such a person is severely punished. When the runaway is captured, the system of reprimand is of such a nature that the minor will be glad to remain under the directions of his ...
— Life in a Thousand Worlds • William Shuler Harris
... not given the skipper a very big allowance of food, and was naturally surprised at the reprimand which he had received. Had he known that the skipper had a private stock of provisions, kept under lock and key in his cabin, he would not have been surprised at his ...
— Chatterbox, 1905. • Various
... to bear equal tasks with any of my faithful comrades. Never man led better friends, though I have seen adventurous service near and far since that time. Even the genial ruffian Clark was amenable, and took sharp reprimand without revolt. ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker
... might be duly prepared. Duquesne replied: "I think that the two rascals of deputies whom you sent me will not soon recover from the fright I gave them, notwithstanding the emollient I administered after my reprimand; and since I told them that they were indebted to you for not being allowed to rot in a dungeon, they have promised me to ...
— Montcalm and Wolfe • Francis Parkman
... when a certain dish was sent up that in some way or other did not please her, to hear it sent down again in the return lift accompanied by a reprimand that was very much to the point, and was audible to the assembled room. The whole table on those occasions would break into laughter, for her reprimand was always spiced with inimitable humour, which penetrated ...
— The Argosy - Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 • Various


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