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English Dictionary: objurgation by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
objurgation
n
  1. rebuking a person harshly [syn: chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Objurgation \Ob`jur*ga"tion\, n. [L. objurgatio: cf.F.
      objurgation.]
      The act of objurgating; reproof.
  
               While the good lady was bestowing this objurgation on
               Mr.Ben Allen.                                          --Dickens.
  
               With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs.
                                                                              --Landor.
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