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objurgation


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Objurgation  \Ob`jur*ga"tion\,  n.  [L.  objurgatio:  cf.F. 
  objurgation.] 
  The  act  of  objurgating;  reproof. 
 
  While  the  good  lady  was  bestowing  this  objurgation  on 
  Mr.Ben  Allen.  --Dickens. 
 
  With  a  strong  objurgation  of  the  elbow  in  his  ribs. 
  --Landor. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  objurgation 
  n  :  rebuking  a  person  harshly  [syn:  {chiding},  {scolding}] 




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