reprove
- v take to task
- The teachers teach with diligence and never fail to reprove any student who fails to respond or is inattentive in class.
- They work rapidly and never fail to reprove me when I do not respond readily or if I am in any way inattentive.
- Near death, she roused herself to reprove a guest for being too polite: "I will not have good manners in my house.