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    [Noun]  | "re*proof" | \ ri-ˈprüf \


    1: criticism for a fault : rebuke


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English repref, reprofe, from Anglo-French reproefe, from reprover;

    [Noun]  | "self-re*proof" | \ ˌself-ri-ˈprüf \


    1: harsh criticism or disapproval of oneself : self-reproach; also : an instance or expression of self-reproof


    Origin: circa 1631 ;

    [Noun]  | "reproof" 


    1: an often public or formal expression of disapproval;


      * e.g., " ... even in church we were not free from Mother's familiar reproof of our ingrained tendency to fidget in our seats "





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