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Verb: reprimand  'repru`mănd
  1. Rebuke formally
    - censure, criminate
     
  2. Censure severely or angrily
    - call on the carpet [US], take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast, ream [N. Amer]
Noun: reprimand  'repru`mănd
  1. An act or expression of criticism and censure
    - rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension

Derived forms: reprimanded, reprimands, reprimanding

Type of: criticise [Brit], criticism, criticize, knock, pick apart, unfavorable judgment [US], unfavourable judgment [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Reprimand