reprove

verb

1. (intransitive)To express disapproval.
2. (transitive)To criticise, rebuke, or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone.

   “Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.”

3. (transitive)To deny or reject (as a feeling, behaviour, action, etc.).

   “She ached to be with Affad again – and to reprove the feeling she frowned and bit her lip.”

4. (transitive)To prove again.

   “As we've just learned, as long as we live in the manifest realm, a hero's journey is never over. We are constantly having to reprove ourselves.”

   “Often, previously-known results will be streamlined, reworded, or reproven to make them directly relevant to the results of this paper.”