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Reprehension definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPREHEN'SION, n. [L. reprehensio.]
Reproof; censure; open blame. Faults not punishable, may deserve reprehension.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English reprehensioun, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French reprehension, from Latin reprehension-, reprehensio, from reprehendere Date: 14th century the act of reprehending ; censure

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reprehension Rep`re*hen"sion (-sh?n), n. [L. reprehensio: cf. F. r['e]pr['e]hension.] Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval. 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. Syn: Censure; reproof; reprimand. See Admonition.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Reproof, blame, censure, reproach, reprimand, rebuke, admonition.

Moby Thesaurus

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