Latin

Noun

reprehensiō f ‎(genitive reprehensiōnis); third declension

1. blame, reprimand, criticism
2. refutation

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• French: répréhension
• Spanish: reprensión

References

• reprehensio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• reprehensio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “reprehensio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give occasion for blame; to challenge criticism: ansas dare ad reprehendum, reprehensionis
    
  • to contain, afford matter for criticism: ansam habere reprehensionis
    
  • to suffer reproof; to be criticised, blamed: in vituperationem, reprehensionem cadere, incidere, venire