3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebuke \Re*buke"\, n.
1. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also
chastisement; punishment.
For thy sake I have suffered rebuke. --Jer. xv 15.
Why bear you these rebukes and answer not? --Shak.
2. Check; rebuff. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
{To be without rebuke}, to live without giving cause of
reproof or censure; to be blameless.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebuke \Re*buke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rebuked}; p. pr & vb
n. {Rebuking}.] [OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher;
perhaps fr pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF also bouque, L.
bucca cheek; if so the original sense was to stop the mouth
of hence to stop, obstruct.]
To check, silence, or put down with reproof; to restrain by
expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and
summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to
rebuke the rich offender feared. --Dryden.
Syn: To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence.
See {Reprove}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rebuke
n : an expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the
rebuke with a smile on his face" [syn: {reproof}, {reproval},
{reprehension}, {reprimand}]
v : censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering the stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter
for bringing cold soup"; check" is archaic [syn: {check},
{rag}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress
down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate},
{chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
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