Reprimand

n.	1.	Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him. - Macaulay.
v. t.	1.	To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally. [imp. & p. p. Reprimanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprimanding.] Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission. - Arbuthnot.
	2.	To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.

Noun	1.	reprimand - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" Synonyms: rebuke, reprehension, reproof, reproval
Verb	1.	reprimand - rebuke formally Synonyms: censure, criminate
	2.	reprimand - 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, rebuke, reproof, scold, call down, lambast, lambaste, lecture, remonstrate, trounce, jaw, rag

REPRIMAND, punishment. The censure which in some cases a public office pronounces against an offender.
     2. This species of punishment is used by legislative bodies to punish their members or others who have been guilty of some impropriety of conduct towards them. The reprimand is usually pronounced by the speaker.

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