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Webster 1913 Edition
Reproof
1.
Refutation; confutation; contradiction.
[Obs.]
2.
An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach.
Those best can bear
reproof
who merit praise. Pope.
Syn. – Admonition; reprehension; chiding; reprimand; rebuke; censure; blame. See
Admonition
. Webster 1828 Edition
Reproof
REPROOF'
,Noun.
1.
Blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; reprehension.Those best can bear reproof, who merit praise.
He that hateth reproof is brutish. Prov 12.
2.
Blame cast; censure directed to a person.Definition 2024
reproof
reproof
English
Noun
reproof (plural reproofs)
Translations
act or instance of reproving; a rebuke
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Etymology 2
Verb
reproof (third-person singular simple present reproofs, present participle reproofing, simple past and past participle reproofed)
- To proof again.
- We need to reproof the book before publication.