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Recent Examples of reprehension Putin is a formidable opponent who is worthy of reprehension. Arkansas Online, 17 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprehension
Noun
  • Fremantle masterfully captures the emotional weight of a young woman forced to fight for her voice, her future, and her dignity in the face of societal condemnation.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • There has been international condemnation of the attack, including from key Israeli ally the US, which comes at a time when there has been no let up in the offensive in Gaza.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Later that month, Ramirez-Rosa avoided a historic censure thanks to Johnson’s tie-breaker vote, but not before the episode cast open bitter divisions within the body along racial lines.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
  • Blain said in the statement that the independent investigative report — and the censure vote — were not objective inquiries, but the result of politics.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The Washington football franchise changed its name from the Washington Redskins to the Commanders after decades of criticism about its name and logo.
    Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 20 July 2025
  • Chicago Sky star Angel Reese was one of many WNBA players who have expressed criticism of the league's handling of negotiations.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • But there was also something distorted about the ritual denunciations of Trump, which inevitably invoked the specter of white colonialism.
    Jonathan Zimmerman, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
  • The nation has fixed its eye on the protests: the film’s opening sequence shows denunciations of the uprisings from both conservative and liberal news media.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Fast forward a few years, and reprobation of Walmart’s sharp tactics has faded.
    Marc Levinson, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2021
Noun
  • Only to then endure opprobrium being unfairly dumped on her from wimps who should’ve known — and who should’ve behaved — better toward her when the Disney dud was released.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 June 2025
  • The eighteenth century also saw the rise of opprobrium for couples made of tall women and short men.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • But Cassidy knows that, at the first sound of reproach, at the first demand, Brianna will flee.
    Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Felix leaves without saying a word and catches a look of reproach from Fiona’s children, who do their homework at the living-room table.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 11 July 2025

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“Reprehension.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprehension. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.

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