Reprehension

3 definitions found

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

  Reprehension \Rep`re*hen"sion\ (-sh?n), n. [L. reprehensio: cf.
     F. r['e]pr['e]hension.]
     Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.
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           This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him


           a secret reprehension that he had not showed more
           gratefulness to Dorus.                   --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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     Syn: Censure; reproof; reprimand. See {Admonition}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reprehension
       n : an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to
           take the rebuke with a smile on his face" [syn: {rebuke},
            {reproof}, {reproval}, {reprimand}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "reprehension":
     admonishment, admonition, anathema, arraignment, blame,
     castigation, censure, chastisement, chiding, condemnation,
     correction, damnation, decrial, denouncement, denunciation,
     excoriation, flaying, fulmination, fustigation, impeachment,
     indictment, lecture, lesson, objurgation, pillorying, rating,
     rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, reproval,
     scolding, sermon, skinning alive, spanking, stricture,
     upbraiding