1. Verb
To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
2. Noun
A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.
3. Noun
Check; rebuff.
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