reprimand
noun
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L326659 on Wikidata ↗verb
- scold, punish for wrong doing
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/ / /ˈɹɛp.ɹɪˌmænd/ / /ɹɛpɹɪˈmɑːnd/
noun
Etymology: From French réprimande, from réprimer (“to repress”).
- A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
“Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.”
verb
Etymology: From French réprimande, from réprimer (“to repress”).
- To reprove in a formal or official way.
“1983. Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62. He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:”