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Reproof
REPROOF', noun [from reprove.
1. Blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; reprehension.
Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.
He that hateth reproof is brutish. Proverbs 12:1.
2. Blame cast; censure directed to a person.