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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an act or expression of criticism and censure;
- Example: "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
[syn: rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reprehension \Rep`re*hen"sion\ (-sh?n), n. [L. reprehensio: cf. F. r['e]pr['e]hension.] Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval. [1913 Webster] This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him a secret reprehension that he had not showed more gratefulness to Dorus. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] Syn: Censure; reproof; reprimand. See Admonition. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reprehension 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

38 Moby Thesaurus words for "reprehension": admonishment, admonition, anathema, arraignment, blame, castigation, censure, chastisement, chiding, condemnation, correction, damnation, decrial, denouncement, denunciation, excoriation, flaying, fulmination, fustigation, impeachment, indictment, lecture, lesson, objurgation, pillorying, rating, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, reproval, scolding, sermon, skinning alive, spanking, stricture, upbraiding