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Rebuke :: Rebuke (v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish..

Reprehensive :: Reprehensive (a.) Containing reprehension; conveying reproof.

Reprovable :: Reprovable (a.) Worthy of reproof or censure.

Rebuke :: Rebuke (n.) A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment..

Sermon :: Sermon (n.) Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense..

Objurgation :: Objurgation (n.) The act of objurgating; reproof.

Setdown :: Setdown (n.) The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect..

Admonition :: Admonition (n.) Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

Animadversion :: Animadversion (n.) Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.

Jobation :: "Jobation (n.) A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof..

Reprehension :: Reprehension (n.) Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.

Catechise :: Catechise (v. t.) To question or interrogate; to examine or try by questions; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct..

Objurgatory :: Objurgatory (a.) Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory.

Unreproved :: Unreproved (a.) Not having incurred reproof, blameless..

Lecture :: Lecture (n.) A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.

Lesson :: Lesson (n.) A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.

Severity :: Severity (n.) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties..

Self-reproof :: Self-reproof (n.) The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.

Castigation :: Castigation (n.) Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.

Administer :: Administer (v. t.) To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc..

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