reprehension

[ rep-ri-hen-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.

Other Words From

• rep·re·hen·sive [rep-ri-, hen, -siv], adjective
• repre·hensive·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of reprehension¹

1325–75; Middle English < Latin reprehēnsiōn- (stem of reprehēnsiō ), equivalent to reprehēns ( us ) (past participle of reprehendere to reprehend ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

But when the progeny are designed for breeders, the practice should be branded with unqualified reprehension.

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For men do more willingly listen, and with more favour, to precept, than reprehension.

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This conduct should receive not only the discountenance, but the decided reprehension of the respectable part of the community.

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She was actually thought deserving of reprehension, and was stigmatized as vulgar in the extreme.

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He wrote a review of me in just that spirit—the two extremes of laudation and reprehension, folded in on one another.

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