Definition of "reproof" []

• The act, an instance, or an expression of reproving; a rebuke. (noun)

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• "But the reproof is here given to the stronger and more knowing"
• "She smiled and in reproof tapped his arm with her fan."
• "Meanwhile the bully has had not even a word of reproof from the authorities."