reproof
noun
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Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɹuːf/ / /ɹiːˈpɹuːf/
noun
Etymology: From Old French reprove, from reprover. See reprove.
- An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.
“You could not give me a greater reproof for the mistake I fell into. It was all my doing, I know. I have not forgotten it, I assure you.”
“On at least one such occasion, in L.N.E.R. days, I discovered later that what I had written was precisely what the authorities wanted to be said, though it would have been highly impolitic for my chief to have given me this information rather than the formal reproof that I received!”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English proof English reproof From re- + proof.
- To proof again.
“We need to reproof the book before publication.”