Associations to the word «Reprove»

Wiktionary

REPROVE, verb. (intransitive) to express disapproval. [from 14th c.]
REPROVE, verb. (transitive) to criticise, rebuke or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. [from 14th c.]
REPROVE, verb. (transitive) to prevent, avoid, deny or suppress (a feeling, behaviour, action etc.). [from 14th c.]

Dictionary definition

REPROVE, verb. Take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King