Setdown

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

  Setdown \Set"down`\ (s[e^]t"doun`), n.
     The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a
     disparaging remark, a retort or a reproof; the retort or the
     reproof which has such effect. Also called {put-down}.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]