Reprimand

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.

II. Reprimand ·noun To reprove severely; to Reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.

III. Reprimand ·noun To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.

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