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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Reprimand

Rĕp'ri-mănd, v. t.

verbtransitive

(110), v. t. [imp. & p. p. REPRIMANDED; p. pr. & vb. n. REPRIMANDING.] [Fr. réprimander. See infra.]

Sense 1. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault.

Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission. Arbuthnot.

Sense 2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered the officer to be reprimanded.

Synonyms— To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame. See REPROVE.

Rĕp'ri-mănd, n.

noun

n. [Fr. réprimande, Sp. reprimenda, fr. Lat. reprimendus, reprimenda, to be checked or suppressed, fr. reprimere, to check, repress, q. v.] Severe reproof for a fault; reprehension, private or public.

Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him. Macauley.