Reprimand

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd
• US (as a noun) IPA: /ˈɹɛp.ɹəˌmænd/, /ˈɹɛp.ɹəˌmÉ‘nd/
• US (as a verb)

Origin

From French réprimande, from réprimer ("to repress").

Full definition of reprimand

Noun

1. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
• MacaulayGoldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.

Verb

1. To reprove in a formal or official way.
• 1983. Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:

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