Rebuke

v. t.	1.	To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish. [imp. & p. p. Rebuked (rė*būkt"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuking.] The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared. - Dryden.
n.	1.	A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment. For thy sake I have suffered rebuke. - Jer. xv. 15. Why bear you these rebukes and answer not? - Shak.
	2.	Check; rebuff. To be without rebuke to live without giving cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless.

Noun	1.	rebuke - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" Synonyms: reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval
Verb	1.	rebuke - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" Synonyms: call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, bawl out, berate, reproof, scold, call down, reprimand, lambast, lambaste, lecture, remonstrate, trounce, jaw, rag

admonish, admonishment, admonition, bawl out, berate, berating, blowing up, bring to book, call down, call to account, carpet, castigate, castigation, chastise, chastisement, chew out, chiding, correct, correction, criticism, criticize, dress down, dressing down, dressing-down, earful, have words with, hell, lecture, lesson, objurgate, objurgation, rap, rate, rating, reprehend, reprehension, reprimand, reprobation, reproof, reproval, reprove, revile, revilement, sermon, set down, set straight, spank, spanking, straighten out, take down, take to task, talking-to, tick, tongue-lashing, upbraiding, what for, wig

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