n. | 1. | Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. |
v. t. | 1. | To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally. |
2. | To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; |
Noun | 1. | ![]() |
Verb | 1. | reprimand - rebuke formally |
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.