Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.
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Admonition.
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Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.
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of Berate
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Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
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of Chasten
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The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.
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The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.
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The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.
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Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.
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The act of objurgating; reproof.
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To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace.
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of Scold
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The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.
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of Upbraid
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The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a l…
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To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove;…
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Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.
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Refutation; confutation; contradiction.
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