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

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

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..

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

Repreve :: Repreve (n.) Reproof.

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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