Ăn'i-mad-vẽr'sion, n.
n. [Lat. animadversio, from animadvertere. See ANIMADVERT.]
Sense 1. The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; perception. [Obs.]
The soul is the sole percipient which hath animadversion and sense. Glanville.
Sense 2. Remarks by way of censure or criticism; reproof; blame.
He dismissed their commissioners with severe and sharp animadversion. Clarendon.
Synonyms—Stricture; criticism; censure; remark; reproof; blame; comment.