Hypertext Webster Gateway: "objurgation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Objurgation \Ob`jur*ga"tion\, n. [L. objurgatio: cf.F.
objurgation.]
The act of objurgating; reproof.
While the good lady was bestowing this objurgation on
Mr.Ben Allen. --Dickens.
With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs.
--Landor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
objurgation
n : rebuking a person harshly [syn: {chiding}, {scolding}]
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