'Reprehension' definitions:
Definition of 'reprehension'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Reprehension'
From: GCIDE
- Reprehension \Rep`re*hen"sion\ (-sh?n), n. [L. reprehensio: cf. F. r['e]pr['e]hension.] Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval. [1913 Webster]
- This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him a secret reprehension that he had not showed more gratefulness to Dorus. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Censure; reproof; reprimand. See Admonition. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reprehension'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admonishment,
- admonition,
- anathema,
- arraignment,
- blame,
- castigation,
- censure,
- chastisement,
- chiding,
- condemnation,
- correction,
- damnation,
- decrial,
- denouncement,
- denunciation,
- excoriation,
- flaying,
- fulmination,
- fustigation,
- impeachment,
- indictment,
- lecture,
- lesson,
- objurgation,
- pillorying,
- rating,
- rebuke,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- reprobation,
- reproof,
- reproval,
- scolding,
- sermon,
- skinning alive,
- spanking,
- stricture,
- upbraiding