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Reproof :: Reproof (n.) An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach..

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

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..

Reproof :: Reproof (n.) Refutation; confutation; contradiction.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

Schooling :: Schooling (n.) Discipline; reproof; reprimand; as, he gave his son a good schooling..

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

Reprimand :: Reprimand (n.) Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public..

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

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..

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