Thesaurus: rebuke

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1. v. t. To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
2. n. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.
3. n. Check; rebuff.
4. n. an act or expression of criticism and censure
5. v. censure severely or angrily
6. To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain byexpression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; tochide; to reprove; to admonish.The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to rebuke the richoffender feared. Dryden.
7. v:48/n:52 n. an act or expression of criticism and censure