reproof

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Recent Examples of reproof In the appeal to you, gentle readers, to email us with your thoughts, questions, reproofs, corrections, jokes, recipes, etc. Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 9 May 2025 Advertisement China’s Foreign Ministry also issued a vehement reproof. Elaine Kurtenbach, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024 So your best response is either to ignore the remark, which is a reproof in itself, or to make a joke of it. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 9 July 2024 Such a man is a proper subject, not for reproof, but for medical treatment. Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022 Preceded by a setting of the Kaddish and opening with an evergreen reproof of antisemitism, the symphony is the kind of music that welcomes reflection. New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022 Florida and Texas have already allowed concerts to resume, though not without some issues: Steve Aoki and Diplo each got warnings from local police and reproof from the mayor of Tampa, Fla., for performing in front of maskless crowds during Super Bowl weekend in February. Dave Brooks, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2021 In response to the reproof, Clicks has issued an apology, and an explanation that at least two other companies were involved in approving the advert. Norma Young, Quartz Africa, 9 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reproof
Noun
  • Absent due process, there’s no pause to decide whether this person should be condemned or if the reason given for condemnation is legitimate.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
  • And when families lead with compassion instead of condemnation, recovery happens faster and lasts longer.
    Essence, Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Just last season, he was suspended for three games after a hit to the head of Jacksonville Jaguars passer Trevor Lawrence, prompting a public reprimand from the NFL policy and rules administration.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • He was convicted of failing in his duties and received a formal reprimand.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to initiating the censure process, the City Council called for a special meeting, with Barbadillo, Lam and Chua in favor.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In doing so, the palace must weigh distancing itself from Andrew with ensuring the blowback from any further censure does not do even more damage to an institution that requires public buy-in.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Reproof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reproof. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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