reproval

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.

The committee also issued a “letter of reproval,” or rebuke.

And some of the other Republicans who voted for acquittal on Saturday echoed Mr. McConnell’s reproval.

It tends to judge action in terms of character, rather than the other way around, and you hear its echoes in a familiar formula of reproval: “What kind of person would ... ?”

The committee concluded that the violations, “though unintentional, were significant enough to warrant a reproval.”