Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reproof"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reproof \Re*proof"\ (r?-pr??f"), n. [OE. reproef. See {Proof},
{Reprove}.]
1. Refutation; confutation; contradiction. [Obs.]
2. An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame
expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding;
reproach.
Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.
--Pope.
Syn: Admonition; reprehension; chiding; reprimand; rebuke;
censure; blame. See {Admonition}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reproof
n : an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to
take the rebuke with a smile on his face" [syn: {rebuke},
{reproval}, {reprehension}, {reprimand}]
v : 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"; "check" is archaic [syn: {rebuke},
{rag}, {trounce}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress
down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate},
{chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
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