reprimand

reprimand
    n 1: an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to
         take the rebuke with a smile on his face" [syn: {rebuke},
         {reproof}, {reproval}, {reprehension}, {reprimand}]
    v 1: rebuke formally [syn: {reprimand}, {censure}, {criminate}]
    2: 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" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {take to task},
       {rebuke}, {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture},
       {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {call down}, {scold},
       {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out},
       {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
    

Reprimand \Rep"ri*mand\ (r?p"r?-m?nd), n. [F. r['e]primande, fr.
   L. reprimendus, reprimenda, that is to be checked or
   suppressed, fr. reprimere to check, repress; pref. re- re +
   premere to press. See {Press}, and cf. {Repress}.]
   Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.
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         Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her
         treatment of him.                        --Macaulay.
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Reprimand \Rep"ri*mand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprimanded}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Reprimanding}.] [Cf. F. r['e]primander. See
   {Reprimand}, n.]
   1. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault;
      to consure formally.
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            Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for
            traveling into Egypt without his permission.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
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   2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a
      sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.
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   Syn: To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame.
        See {Reprove}.
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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. 
    

111 Moby Thesaurus words for "reprimand":
      admonish, admonishment, admonition, aspersion, attack, attaint,
      badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bawl out, bend sinister,
      berate, bespatter, black eye, black mark, blacken, blot, blow upon,
      blur, brand, bring to book, broad arrow, call down,
      call to account, carpet, castigate, castigation, censure, champain,
      chastise, chastisement, chew out, chide, chiding, correct,
      correction, criticism, criticize, defame, defile, disapproval,
      disapprove, disparage, disparagement, dress down, dressing-down,
      expose, expose to infamy, gibbet, give a dressing-down,
      hang in effigy, have words with, imputation, lecture, lesson,
      mark of Cain, objurgate, objurgation, onus, pillory, pillorying,
      point champain, rap, rate, rating, rebuke, reflection,
      remonstrance, remonstration, reprehend, reprehension, reproach,
      reprobation, reproof, reproval, reprove, scold, scolding, sermon,
      set down, set straight, skin alive, slate, slur, smear, smirch,
      smudge, smutch, soil, spank, spanking, spot, stain, stigma,
      stigmatism, stigmatization, stigmatize, straighten out, sully,
      taint, take down, take to task, talking-to, tarnish, tell off,
      tick off, tongue-lashing, upbraid, upbraiding, vilify, wig