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Reprimand definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REP'RIMAND, v.t. [If this word is from L. reprimo, it must be formed from the participle reprimendus.]
1. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault.
Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius, for traveling into Egypt without his permission.
2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence. The court ordered the officer to be reprimanded.
REP'RIMAND, n. Severe reproof for a fault; reprehension, private or public.

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] v
1: rebuke formally [syn: reprimand, censure, criminate]
2: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: French réprimande, from Latin reprimenda, feminine of reprimendus, gerundive of reprimere to check — more at repress Date: 1636 a severe or formal reproof II. transitive verb Date: 1681 to reprove sharply or censure formally usually from a position of authority Synonyms: see reprove

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. (often foll. by for) an official or sharp rebuke (for a fault etc.). --v.tr. administer this to. Etymology: F réprimande(r) f. Sp. reprimenda f. L reprimenda neut. pl. gerundive of reprimere REPRESS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reprimand Rep"ri*mand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprimanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprimanding.] [Cf. F. r['e]primander. See Reprimand, n.] 1. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally. Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission. --Arbuthnot. 2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded. Syn: To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame. See Reprove.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reprimand Rep"ri*mand (r?p"r?-m?nd), n. [F. r['e]primande, fr. L. reprimendus, reprimenda, that is to be checked or suppressed, fr. reprimere to check, repress; pref. re- re + premere to press. See Press, and cf. Repress.] Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him. --Macaulay.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(reprimands, reprimanding, reprimanded) If someone is reprimanded, they are spoken to angrily or seriously for doing something wrong, usually by a person in authority. (FORMAL) He was reprimanded by a teacher for talking in the corridor... Her attempts to reprimand him were quickly shouted down. VERB: be V-ed for -ing/n, V n • Reprimand is also a noun. He has been fined five thousand pounds and given a severe reprimand. N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Reprove, censure, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, chide, upbraid, blame, admonish, find fault with. II. n. Reproof, reprehension, censure, rebuke, reproach, blame, admonition, reprobation, reproval.

Moby Thesaurus

admonish, admonishment, admonition, aspersion, attack, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bawl out, bend sinister, berate, bespatter, black eye, black mark, blacken, blot, blow upon, blur, brand, bring to book, broad arrow, call down, call to account, carpet, castigate, castigation, censure, champain, chastise, chastisement, chew out, chide, chiding, correct, correction, criticism, criticize, defame, defile, disapproval, disapprove, disparage, disparagement, dress down, dressing-down, expose, expose to infamy, gibbet, give a dressing-down, hang in effigy, have words with, imputation, lecture, lesson, mark of Cain, objurgate, objurgation, onus, pillory, pillorying, point champain, rap, rate, rating, rebuke, reflection, remonstrance, remonstration, reprehend, reprehension, reproach, reprobation, reproof, reproval, reprove, scold, scolding, sermon, set down, set straight, skin alive, slate, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, soil, spank, spanking, spot, stain, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stigmatize, straighten out, sully, taint, take down, take to task, talking-to, tarnish, tell off, tick off, tongue-lashing, upbraid, upbraiding, vilify, wig