Reprove

Verb

 * 1)  To convey one’s disapproval of; to rebuke, especially in a gentle, sweet, kind tone.
 * 2) * The Book of Proverbs in The Bible (KJV)
 * Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Derived terms

 * reproof
 * reproval

Adverbs for Reprove
acridly; smartly; harshly; sternly; vigorously; bitterly; stingingly; tacitly; mutely; violently; verbally; expressly; explicitly; furiously; spiritedly.

Thesaurus
admonish, bring to book, call down, call to account, chasten, chastise, chide, correct, have words with, lecture, lesson, objurgate, rack, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, scold, set down, set straight, spank, straighten out, take down, take to task, upbraid

Etymology
From reprobare:, via French reprouver:.

Translations

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