REPROOF Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

reproof

noun

ri-ˈprüf

Definition of reproof

as in condemnation

an often public or formal expression of disapproval even in church we were not free from Mother's familiar reproof of our ingrained tendency to fidget in our seats

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Recent Examples of reproof In the appeal to you, gentle readers, to email us with your thoughts, questions, reproofs, corrections, jokes, recipes, etc. — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 9 May 2025 Advertisement China’s Foreign Ministry also issued a vehement reproof. — Elaine Kurtenbach, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024 So your best response is either to ignore the remark, which is a reproof in itself, or to make a joke of it. — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 9 July 2024 Such a man is a proper subject, not for reproof, but for medical treatment. — Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022 Preceded by a setting of the Kaddish and opening with an evergreen reproof of antisemitism, the symphony is the kind of music that welcomes reflection. — New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022 In response to the reproof, Clicks has issued an apology, and an explanation that at least two other companies were involved in approving the advert. — Norma Young, Quartz Africa, 9 Sep. 2020

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The film is admirably committed to documenting this lifestyle without much idealization or condemnation.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
The comments drew swift condemnation from California leaders, even as the White House communications director, Steven Cheung, insisted the president’s remarks had been taken out of context.

— Ana Ceballos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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While Young never received a formal reprimand, he was made aware of the Congress’s frustration and others in the corps were advised not to follow his lead, per NASA.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
Fisher’s attorney also requested an injunction to temporarily prevent Nowlin from sending the reprimand to the Texas Board of Law Examiners, the entity that would decide if Fisher became an attorney in the state.

— Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

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