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Webster 1913 Edition


Exprobration

Exˊpro-bra′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
exprobration
: cf. F.
exprobration
.]
Reproachful accusation; upbraiding.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Exprobration

EXPROBRA'TION

,
Noun.
The act of charging or censuring reproachfully; reproachful accusation; the act of upbraiding.
No need such boasts, or exprobrations false
Of cowardice.

Definition 2024


exprobration

exprobration

English

Noun

exprobration (plural exprobrations)

  1. (obsolete) reproachful accusation; upbraiding
    • Jeremy Taylor
      For it will, it must needs be a fearful exprobration of our unworthiness, when the Judge himself shall bear witness against us, that the wisdom of God himself was strangely employed in bringing us safely to felicity.

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