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/rˈɛprəmˌænd/ Listen

noun

Reprimand n. Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. "Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him."

verb

Reprimand v. t. (past & past part. reprimanded; pres. part. reprimanding)

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."

To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.

Synonyms: To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame. See Reprove.

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Etymology of 'Reprimand'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Reprimand" Quotes from Famous Books

... not looking at the keys. Her head was screwed around over her left shoulder and as she played she was holding forth animatedly to a girl friend who had evidently dropped in from some store or office during the lunch hour. Now and again the fat man paused in his vocal efforts to reprimand her for her slackness. She paid no heed. There was something gruesome, uncanny, about the way her fingers went their own way over the defenseless keys. Her conversation with the frowzy little girl ...

— One Basket • Edna Ferber

... I reprimand you for your own good," murmured the lady. "Of course, brought up as you have been, you can't be expected to have the manners we look for in the servants of a well-conducted household; so when I consider it my duty to instruct you in the decencies of life, you ...

— Such is Life • Joseph Furphy

... pupils nor the teachers have ever shown prejudice; I do not doubt that it exists; I shall be in Heaven long before it has all disappeared, but I say it is with a colored teacher as it is with a white one. Her work is the only thing that counts. I have never been called before the board for a reprimand in all my years of teaching. The methods have changed a good deal since the time that I started in and it would be easy to lag behind, but I try not to. It means continual reading and study to ...

— The Journal of Negro History, Vol. I. Jan. 1916 • Various

... silly." She took on an air of authoritative reprimand. "Why, John, you are only a boy, but you ought to know better than ...

— Westways • S. Weir Mitchell

... For this offence Dr. Horne was summoned to the bar of the House, where he sought to evade responsibility by pleading that the debates had not been reported by himself, but by Francis Collins. The Doctor further offered a humble apology, and was glad to escape with a sharp reprimand, accompanied by a caution from the Speaker that he would thereafter be held responsible for ...

— The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 • John Charles Dent

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