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re⋅proof

  [ri-proof]
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–noun
1. the act of reproving, censuring, or rebuking.
2. an expression of censure or rebuke.
Origin:
1300–50; ME reprof < OF reprove, deriv. of reprover to reprove

Related forms:
re⋅proof⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
1. rebuke, reproach, remonstrance, chiding.
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re·proof   (rĭ-prōōf')   
n.  The act, an instance, or an expression of reproving; a rebuke.

[Middle English reprof, variant of reprove, repreve, from Old French reprueve, from reprover, to find fault with; see reprove.]
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Word Origin & History

reproof 
c.1300, "shame, disgrace," from O.Fr. reprove, from reprover "to blame" (see reprove). Meaning "censure, rebuke" is recorded from c.1350.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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