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Reprehensory :: Reprehensory (a.) Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint..

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..

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

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

Fireproof :: Fireproof (a.) Proof against fire; incombustible.

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

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

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..

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

Correption :: Correption (n.) Chiding; reproof; reproach.

Repreve :: Repreve (n.) Reproof.

Increpation :: Increpation (n.) A chiding; rebuke; reproof.

Sugared :: Sugar (v. t.) To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to compliment; to sweeten; as, to sugar reproof..

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

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

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

Sound :: Sound (v. i.) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention..

Touch :: Touch (v.) A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof..

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

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