reprimand n : 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]

1 rebuke formally [syn: censure, criminate]

2 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" [syn: call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]

English

Etymology

From French réprimande, from réprimer, "to repress"

Noun

1. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, private or public.

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Verb

1. To reprove in a formal or official way.
   • 1983. Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.

     He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:

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Related terms

• admonish
• admonition
• rebuke
• reprehend
• reprehension
• reproof
• reproval
• reprove

A reprimand is a severe, formal or official reproof. Reprimanding takes in different forms in different legal systems, such as in UK law and American law.

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