REPREHENSION Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

reprehension

noun

Definition of reprehension

as in condemnation

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Recent Examples of reprehension Putin is a formidable opponent who is worthy of reprehension. — Arkansas Online, 17 June 2021

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Noun

The Johnson County pastor and the former rural doctor traded condemnations, repeatedly turning policy questions into opportunities to cast doubt on each other’s character and fitness for office.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Under Ben-Gvir, Israeli police have increasingly allowed Jews to pray at the site, a deliberate provocation to the Arab world, drawing condemnation from Palestinian and Jordanian authorities.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of condemnation

Noun

Football—besides being one of our more ubiquitous and unrestrained national entertainments—has also become one of the rare arenas in American life where highly specialized language can flourish without censure.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
The board is also expected to consider whether to launch an investigation into the allegations and consider a censure vote.

— Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of censure

Noun

Either way, Steve Sarkisian has noticed something different about his quarterback this week, which also comes at a time of heightened criticism towards the Texas offense.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
The government efforts to make sure that male royals are producing male emperors have triggered criticisms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of criticism

Noun

For protesters, that record sits uneasily besides the prime minister’s denunciation of violence against women.

— Amrita Basu, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026
The frontrunner is Marine Le Pen, who has worked for years to make her far-right party, the National Rally, more electable while campaigning on immigration, crime, and denunciation of an out-of-touch political class.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of denunciation

Noun

Her blinkered perspective is consumed with semi-realized introspection and self-reprobation.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 13 May 2026
President Alejandro Giammattei was deeply unpopular at home, but other than occasional statements of reprobation from the United States and Europe, had managed to consolidate his control of the justice system with little consequence.

— Sonia Pérez D. and Christopher Sherman, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2023

Definition of reprobation

Noun

Careers made and ruined, departments torn apart, writing programs turned into sensitivity seminars, political witch hunts, public opprobrium, ignorant media attacks, the whole ball of wax.

— Emily Eakin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
Despite Musk’s opprobrium, two-time Oscar winner Nolan’s Odyssey has been a huge box office hit globally and looks set to become the British director’s highest-grossing film.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 July 2026

Definition of opprobrium

Noun

The Election Commission of India, an independent constitutional body, has sweeping powers to ensure that the polls remain beyond reproach.

— Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
Collective is beyond reproach, as the fake scores invariably echo with the essence of real ones), but little of which is memorable in its own right.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026

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