Entry Word: reproach

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a cause of shame <your public display of boorish behavior is a reproach to this entire school> — see disgrace 2
2 an often public or formal expression of disapproval <a letter of reproach was added to her student file> — see censure
3 the state of having lost the esteem of others <nothing the traitor did in later life lessened the reproach in which he was universally held> — see disgrace 1