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reprehension |
2 definitions found 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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