Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The aet of reproving; admonition; reproof.
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- noun The act of
reproving
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an act or expression of criticism and censure
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Examples
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M. Rossignol felt a kind of reproval in the Cure's tone.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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M. Rossignol felt a kind of reproval in the Cure's tone.
The Right of Way — Volume 06 Gilbert Parker 1897
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M. Rossignol felt a kind of reproval in the Cure's tone.
The Right of Way — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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But Maud said, “Tut, tut,” in gentle reproval, and then asked why I was a blithering idiot.
Chapter 29 2010
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Stanley's reproval astonished journalist ethics observers.
Jon Entine: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Faces Ethics Questions Over Award-Winning BPA Reporting Jon Entine 2011
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Stanley's reproval astonished journalist ethics observers.
Jon Entine: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Faces Ethics Questions Over Award-Winning BPA Reporting Jon Entine 2011
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Molly does not take kindly to her aunt's reproval.
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Molly does not take kindly to her aunt's reproval.
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A few idlers passing by paused to jeer at the victim and throw balls of mud, and now and then a more sober citizen was to be seen, seizing a moment from the round of daily duties to attend to the moral improvement of the delinquent by means of a few well-chosen words of reproval and advice.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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It used to be the political club would give a Charlie Rangel a great-guy's pass; the House would issue a letter of reproval or maybe a reprimand.
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