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rebuke

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rebuke/rɪˈbjuːk/

▶verb criticize or reprimand sharply. ▶noun a sharp reprimand or criticism.

– derivatives
rebuker noun.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. and Old North. Fr. rebuker, from re- ‘back, down’ + bukier ‘to beat’.

'rebuke' also found in these Oxford entries:

chide - discipline - knuckle - lesson - lie - mind - objurgate - rag - rap - ream - rebutter - reprehend - reproof - reprove - row - scold - tear - tell - tick - trim - trounce - wig

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Rebuke vs reprove
Rebuke/Tell off/Reprimand/Scold?
reprimand, rebuke, reproach

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