Associations to the word «Reproof»

Wiktionary

REPROOF, noun. Act or instance of reproving; a rebuke.
REPROOF, verb. To proof again.

Dictionary definition

REPROOF, noun. An act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face".
REPROOF, verb. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats