reprove
[verb]
Synonyms: rebuke, berate, blame, censure, condemn, read the riot act, reprimand, scold, tear into (informal), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. informal), tell off (informal)

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Related Idioms: haul over the coals, slap one's wrist, take to task
Related Words: counsel, warn, blame, censure, criticize, reprehend, reprobate, chasten, correct, discipline, punish

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re‧prove /rɪˈpruːv/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: reprover, from Late Latin reprobare 'to disapprove', from Latin probare; ⇒ probe²]
formal to criticize someone for something that they have done Synonym : tell off
reprove somebody for (doing) something
Employees were reproved for smoking in the building’s restrooms.

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