Category:Reprimand

Rep"ri*mand (rp"r-mnd), n. Etym: [f. réprimande, 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.]

Defn: severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of Him. Macaulay.

Reprimand Rep"ri*mand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprimanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprimanding.] Etym: [cf. F. réprimander. See reprimand, n.]

1. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to Consure formally. Germanicus was severely reprimanded by tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission. Arbuthnot.

2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; As, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.

Syn. -- to reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame. See Reprove.