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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Accusation.
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To accuse of, or charge with, a crime.
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The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
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Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy.
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To hinder; to impede; to prevent.
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To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate.
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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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Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.
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Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.
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Refutation; confutation; contradiction.
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A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of t…
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To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.
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A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
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The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.
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The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.
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One who, or that which, reproves.
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One who, or that which, reproves.
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To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with or for, and formerly of, before th…
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