3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reprimand \Rep"ri*mand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprimanded}; p.
pr & vb n. {Reprimanding}.] [Cf. F. r['e]primander. See
{Reprimand}, n.]
1. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault;
to consure formally.
Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for
traveling into Egypt without his permission.
--Arbuthnot.
2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a
sentence; as the court ordered him to be reprimanded.
Syn: To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame.
See {Reprove}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reprimand \Rep"ri*mand\ (r?p"r?-m?nd), n. [F. r['e]primande, fr
L. reprimendus reprimenda that is to be checked or
suppressed, fr reprimere to check, repress; pref. re- re +
premere to press. See {Press}, and cf {Repress}.]
Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.
Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her
treatment of him --Macaulay.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
reprimand
n : an expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the
rebuke with a smile on his face" [syn: {rebuke}, {reproof},
{reproval}, {reprehension}]
v 1: rebuke formally [syn: {censure}, {criminate}]
2: 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: {rebuke}, {check},
{rag}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {scold},
{chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out},
{chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
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