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reprimand
[ noun rep-ruh-mand, -mahnd; verb rep-ruh-mand, -mahnd, rep-ruh-mand, -mahnd ]
noun
- a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
Synonyms: censure, reprehension, condemnation
reprimand
/ ˈrɛprɪˌmɑːnd /
noun
- a reproof or formal admonition; rebuke
verb
- tr to admonish or rebuke, esp formally; reprove
Other Words From
- repri·mander noun
- repri·manding·ly adverb
- over·repri·mand verb (used with object)
- un·repri·manded adjective
- un·repri·manding adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of reprimand1
Word History and Origins
Origin of reprimand1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
On “Face the Nation,” a guest uses the word “Latinos” and is immediately reprimanded by the host.
In 2008, internal affairs records show he was given a written reprimand for referring to a woman as a “broad” and repeatedly using profanity during a different training lecture.
When he shared his fears about this new and catastrophic virus, he was reprimanded, but “I didn’t get fired,” he says.
Senior officers reprimanded Anton by transferring him to a regular assault brigade in another part of the country.
“It is not a neutral stance when one group is allowed to express their political views ... and the other side is silenced under threat of losing their job and/or being seriously reprimanded,” she wrote.
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