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Reprehension

noun
1.
An act or expression of criticism and censure.  Synonyms: rebuke, reprimand, reproof, reproval.






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"Reprehension" Quotes from Famous Books



... an inward and self-reprehension for the neglect or omission of somewhat that was profitable. Now whatsoever is good, is also profitable, and it is the part of an honest virtuous man to set by it, and to make reckoning of it accordingly. But never did ...
— Meditations • Marcus Aurelius

... misgiving Kept her talking vacuities when her heart was full Led a life of public seclusion Luxury of helplessness New England necessity of blaming some one No object in life except to deprive it of all object Provisional reprehension of possible shiftlessness Seldom talked, but there came times when he would'nt even listen Tone was a snuffle expressive of deep-seated affliction Under a fire of conjecture and asseveration Wishes of a mistress who did not ...
— Widger's Quotations from the Works of William Dean Howells • David Widger

... easy to say, whether the fundamental absurdity of this doctrine, or the partiality of its application, be entitled to the severest reprehension. If men are driven to commit crimes, through a certain moral necessity; other men are compelled, by a similar necessity, to hate and despise them for their commission. The indignation of the sufferer is at least as natural as the ...
— Famous Reviews • Editor: R. Brimley Johnson



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