reprobation

[rep-ruh-bey-shuhn] / ˌrɛp rəˈbeɪ ʃən /

NOUN

blame

Synonyms

STRONG

accusation animadversion arraignment attack attribution castigation censure charge chiding complaint condemnation criticism denunciation depreciation diatribe disapprobation disapproval disfavor disparagement expostulation impeachment implication imputation incrimination inculpation indictment invective objurgation obloquy opposition rebuke recrimination remonstrance reprehension reprimand reproach reproof repudiation slur tirade

WEAK

exprobation

Antonyms

STRONG

absolution acquittal approval commendation compliment endorsement exculpation exoneration flattery freeing harmony health peace praise ratification recommendation retreat sanction

Example Sentences

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She endured all M�tri's reprobations with a shrug, content so long as he allowed her to embrace her boy.

From The Valley of the Kings by Pickthall, Marmaduke William

One can still read, in Murray’s standard edition of the poems, how every respectable press thundered reprobations, which it would be well enough to print and circulate as tracts for our days.

From Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

The House burst into loud reprobations of the name of aristocrat and democrat, which he declared to be mere inventions of party prejudice.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various

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