reproof
- n an act or expression of criticism and censure
- v censure severely or angrily
- That judgment, based on Virginia legal precedent and accompanied by the judge's personal reproof, turned Sharon and April into national symbols.
- Churchill's reproof in the form of an invitation did not sit well in Washington no better than Stettinius' reproof in the form of abstention had sat in London a week before.
- For reporters, disappointed that the talk had not produced more news, Adenauer had sensible reproof.