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What (who) is Rebuke - definition
rebuke
CENSURE ON A MEMBER OF THE CLERGY
Rebuke And Reproof; Rebuke and reproof
I
n.
1) to administer, deliver, give a rebuke
2) to draw, receive a rebuke
3) a mild; scathing, sharp, stern, stinging rebuke
4) a rebuke to
II
v.
1) to rebuke mildly; sharply, sternly
2) (D; tr.) to rebuke for (to rebuke smb. for sloppy work)
rebuke
CENSURE ON A MEMBER OF THE CLERGY
Rebuke And Reproof; Rebuke and reproof
I. v. a.
Censure, reprove, reprehend, reprimand, chide, admonish, blame, upbraid, lecture, scold, scold at, find fault with, remonstrate with, silence.
II. n.
1.
Censure, reprimand, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, chiding, reproval, reprehension, blame, reproach.
2.
Chastisement, punishment, affliction.
rebuke
CENSURE ON A MEMBER OF THE CLERGY
Rebuke And Reproof; Rebuke and reproof
(rebukes, rebuking, rebuked)
If you rebuke someone, you speak severely to them because they have said or done something that you do not approve of. (FORMAL)
The president rebuked the House and Senate for not passing those bills within 100 days.
= reprimand
VERB: V n
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Rebuke is also a noun.
UN member countries delivered a strong rebuke to both countries for persisting with nuclear testing programs...
= reprimand
N-VAR: usu with supp
Wikipedia
Rebuke
In English law and the canon law of the Church of England, a rebuke is a censure on a member of the clergy.Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963, art.
Examples of use of Rebuke
1. "They found this was the easy way out –– an implicit rebuke, not an explicit rebuke.
2. "Clinton‘s absence drew a strong rebuke from Sen.
3. In a sharp rebuke to the Bush administration, U.S.
4. Landrieu‘s vote drew a rebuke from the committee‘s chairman, Sen.
5. Yesterday‘s unsigned decision was a sharp rebuke to the U.S.