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reproval

[ri-proo-vuhl] / rɪˈpru vəl /
NOUN
admonition
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STRONGEST




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Lindsey openly acknowledges a 2011 reproval from the state bar, which referenced “emotional/physical difficulties” that “were not the product of any illegal conduct.”

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

A letter of reproval is the mildest form of punishment at the ethics committee’s disposal.

From Slate Mar. 16, 2023

The letter of reproval is made public when the ethics committee issues its final report on its investigation.

From Slate Mar. 16, 2023

Born with female anatomy, Kobabe didn’t feel like a girl, which became apparent in third grade when wading shirtless in a river during a class trip drew a reproval from the teacher.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 21, 2022

We have heard only too much lately of "Indiscriminate charity," with implied reproval, not of the Indiscrimination merely, but of the Charity also.

From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin




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