1. Refutation; confutation; contradiction. [Obs.]
2. An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach. Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. Pope.
Syn. — Admonition; reprehension; chiding; reprimand; rebuke; censure; blame. See Admonition.
REPROVABLE
Re*prov"a*ble (r-prv"-b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. r.]
Defn: Worthy of reproof or censure. Jer. Taylor.
Syn.
— Blamable; blameworthy; censurable; reprehensible; culpable;
rebukable. —Re*prov"a*ble*ness, n.
— Re*prov"a*bly, adv.
REPROVAL
Re*prov"al (-al), n.
Defn: Reproof. Sir P. Sidney.
REPROVE Re*prove" (r-prv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reproved (-prvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reproving.] Etym: [F. réprouver, OF. reprover, fr. L. reprobare. See Reprieve, Reprobate, and cf. Reproof.]
1. To convince. [Obs.] When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. John xvi. 9.