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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reprehension \Rep`re*hen"sion\ (-sh?n), n. [L. reprehensio: cf
F. r['e]pr['e]hension.]
Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.
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.
Syn: Censure; reproof; reprimand. See {Admonition}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
reprehension
n : an expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the
rebuke with a smile on his face" [syn: {rebuke}, {reproof},
{reproval}, {reprimand}]
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