Definition of "reproach" []

• To express disapproval of, criticism of, or disappointment in (someone). See Synonyms at admonish. (verb-transitive)
• To bring shame upon; disgrace. (verb-transitive)
• Blame; rebuke. (noun)
• One that causes rebuke or blame. (noun)
• Disgrace; shame. (noun)

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• "A measure of the Administration's responsiveness is that the NLRB launched its assault on Boeing after the BRT provided those examples, and President Obama has refused to say a word of reproach to the agency."
• "She looked at him in reproach so deep that the last vestige of the terror of death was gone from her eyes."
• "My sense, however, is that the Pennsylvanian William Findley spoke for many others in 1796 when he said that the people who raised objections to the Constitution during the ratification struggle were “called Anti-federalists, as a name of reproach,” and then added, “I do, and always did, treat the appellation with contempt.”"