Antonyms for reprove

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ri-proov

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpruv

Definition of reprove

Origin : c.1300, from Old French reprover "accuse, blame" (12c.), from Late Latin reprobare "disapprove, reject, condemn" (see reprobate). Related: Reproved; reproving.

verb rebuke

Example sentences :

Your life must be saved; even if you reprove me for the means.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

It must be my duty to reprove, to show her her deceit in its full enormity.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

I ought to reprove this acclamation—but this once I let it pass.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

If my remnant of a conscience presumed to rise and reprove me, I stamped it down.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

I could see what had happened—my family had sent him to reprove me and remonstrate with me.
Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine

I reprove it in the sternest terms, and I deplore the consequences it had.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

Hence also the reproof of our own mode of life when we attempt to reprove others.
Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini

And even if he did speak of Peggy by her first name, was it Margaret's place to reprove him?
Extract from : « Three Margarets » by Laura E. Richards

Let us reprove them, or at least avoid them, as we would the plague.
Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness

Why should he not have left that matter to some masters of policy to reprove?
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 » by Various

Synonyms for reprove

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