reproof
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If Jim has taken your boyfriend’s reproof seriously, you could decide to let bygones be bygones, but if his appalling behavior resumes, the respectful thing to do is to let your friend know.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022
The most prominent of them all would be Martin Scorsese, whose written reproof of the MCU in 2019 sent — and continues to send — certain fans of the movies into an indignant tizzy.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021
When a boy in the front row decides to visit the girl sitting behind him, Hood gives him a gentle reproof.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2021
McQueen’s separate reproof to his industry for being slow to change was prompted by a recent visit to a film set in which a friend of his was working.
From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2020
She took it as a reproof, and held up a hand.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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