reproof

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːf

Etymology 1

Noun

reproof (countable and uncountable, plural reproofs)

1. An act or instance of reproving; a rebuke.
   • 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 13:

     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.

Translations

act or instance of reproving; a rebuke

• Armenian: սաստ (hy) (sast)
• Finnish: moite (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐλεγμός m (elegmós)

• Icelandic: ávítur n pl
• Irish: spreagadh m
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• Manx: oghsan f
• Russian: о́тповедь (ru) f (ótpovedʹ), замеча́ние (ru) n (zamečánije), вы́говор (ru) m (výgovor), порица́ние (ru) n (poricánije), упрёк (ru) m (uprjók)
• Scottish Gaelic: trod m or f, cronachadh m, càineadh m

Etymology 2

re- +‎ proof

Verb

reproof (third-person singular simple present reproofs, present participle reproofing, simple past and past participle reproofed)

1. To proof again.

   We need to reproof the book before publication.

Anagrams

• proofer