rebukeformal
He received a verbal reprimand for unsatisfactory performance.
The Commission can issue a private or public reprimand and impose a fine.
She could face a reprimand or revocation of her teacher's certificate.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Chastising & rebuking
admonishing
admonishingly
admonitory
barracking
bawl
carpet
earbashing
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
pull someone up
punchbag
punching bag
put someone in their placeidiom
rap someone over the knucklesidiom
shame
spoken
tear
ticking-off
wigging

reprimand | American Dictionary

reprimand
verb[ T ]
us/ˈrep·rəˌmænd/
to tell someone, esp. officially, that his or her behavior is wrong and not acceptable:
The committee reprimanded and censured him for his uncooperative attitude.

reprimand

noun[ C ]us/ˈrep·rəˌmænd/
His boss gave him a severe reprimand for being late again.

reprimand | Business English

reprimand
verb[ T ]
 HR, MANAGEMENTuk /ˈreprɪmɑːnd/ us /ˈreprɪmænd/
to tell someone officially that they have done something wrong:
reprimand sb for (doing) sthThe head of department was severely reprimanded for failing to report computer thefts.
reprimand
noun[ C or U ]
 HRuk /ˈreprɪmɑːnd/ us /ˈreprɪmænd/
the act of telling somebody officially that they have done something wrong:
She was given a written reprimand.
They will all receive letters of reprimand.

Examples of reprimand

reprimand
For reprimands, a lightly admonishing tone was used, appropriate to the meaning of the reprimand.
In 1640 the council reprimanded serving-girls who had been wearing items reserved for the children of distinguished parents, such as pearls and decorated shoes.
These sessions should be modified to allow for supportive conversation and to exclude ridicule, chastisement, accusations, and reprimands.
But judicial punishment is not just a particular instance of censuring alongside professional discipline, verbal reprimands, and social snubbing.
The pregnant woman herself was to be reprimanded for the first offence and fined up to 300 roubles for a second offence.
Doing harm to patients through carelessness can lead to at least a reprimand and perhaps being sued for negligence.
Were we to object to this, risking embarrassment for our attending physicians and possible reprimand for ourselves?
By contrast, the other accused, who maintained a plea of not guilty, received a censure amounting to a severe reprimand.
Those who "shopped tales" to the office and those in supervision who let the grapevine deliver reprimands were roundly hated.
Slow handclaps and chanting are, at first, as much an encouragement as a reprimand.
Rexism was a haven for all malcontents, a catch-all party, a hotch-potch where everyone looked after himself without being reprimanded by the landlord.
If they themselves did not enforce it correctly they would be subject to appeals and might themselves be reprimanded.
Differential emotionality is also characteristic of another word type, childhood reprimands.
She is offended by his approach, calls him a vagabond and tells him she will reprimand her brother for his friendship with figures like him.
Monthly meetings were to be held where virtuous conduct was recorded and rewarded, and recidivists admonished and reprimanded by the head of the compact.
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