Correption

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Correption \Cor*rep"tion\ (k?r-r?p"sh?n), n. [L. correptio, fr.
     corripere to seize.]
     Chiding; reproof; reproach. [Obs.]
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           Angry, passionate correption being rather apt to


           provoke, than to amend.                  --Hammond.
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