reproof
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
/ɹɪˈpɹuːf/
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/ɹɪˈpɹuːf/ · /ɹiːˈpɹuːf/
Definition of reproof
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.
“You could not give me a greater reproof for the mistake I fell into. It was all my doing, I know. I have not forgotten it, I assure you.”
“On at least one such occasion, in L.N.E.R. days, I discovered later that what I had written was precisely what the authorities wanted to be said, though it would have been highly impolitic for my chief to have given me this information rather than the formal reproof that I received!”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.
“You could not give me a greater reproof for the mistake I fell into. It was all my doing, I know. I have not forgotten it, I assure you.”
“On at least one such occasion, in L.N.E.R. days, I discovered later that what I had written was precisely what the authorities wanted to be said, though it would have been highly impolitic for my chief to have given me this information rather than the formal reproof that I received!”
verb
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To proof again.
“We need to reproof the book before publication.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old French reprove, from reprover. See reprove.
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