Definition of reproof

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Reproof (n.) Refutation; confutation; contradiction.

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Reprehensive :: Reprehensive (a.) Containing reprehension; conveying reproof.
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..
Lecture :: Lecture (n.) A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.
Reprehension :: Reprehension (n.) Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.
Reproof :: Reproof (n.) An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach..
Reprimand :: Reprimand (n.) Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public..
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..
Self-reproof :: Self-reproof (n.) The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.
Reprovable :: Reprovable (a.) Worthy of reproof or censure.
Lesson :: Lesson (n.) A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
Jobation :: "Jobation (n.) A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof..
Objurgation :: Objurgation (n.) The act of objurgating; reproof.
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..
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..
Objurgatory :: Objurgatory (a.) Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory.
Touch :: Touch (v.) A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof..
Repreve :: Repreve (n.) Reproof.
Monitor :: Monitor (n.) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution..
Fireproof :: Fireproof (a.) Proof against fire; incombustible.
Safe :: Safe (n.) A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like..
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