reprimand : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reprimand	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for reprimand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reprimand n an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" Synonym(s): rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand v rebuke formally Synonym(s): reprimand, censure, criminate censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" Synonym(s): call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reprimand \Rep"rimand\ (r?p"r?-m?nd), n. [F. r[82]primande, fr. L. reprimendus, reprimenda, that is to be checked or suppressed, fr. reprimere to check, repress; pref. re- re + premere to press. See {Press}, and cf. {Repress}.] Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand* for her treatment of him. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reprimand \Rep"ri*mand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprimanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprimanding}.] [Cf. F. r[82]primander. See {Reprimand}, n.] 1. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally. Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission. --Arbuthnot. 2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded. Syn: To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame. See {Reprove}.