Antonyms for reprehension
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rep-ri-hen-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛp rɪˈhɛn ʃən |
Definition of reprehension
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French reprehension (12c.) or directly from Latin reprehensionem (nominative reprehensio) "blame, a censure, reprimand," literally "a taking again," noun of action from past participle stem of reprehendere (see reprehend).
- noun blame
- She now opened all those floodgates of reprehension, which had been shut so long.
- Extract from : « The Expedition of Humphry Clinker » by Tobias Smollett
- You look at me as if you thought this reprehension were undeserved!
- Extract from : « Colloquies on Society » by Robert Southey
- Their presumption is so notorious, that, either by disgust or alarm, it keeps off reprehension.
- Extract from : « Camilla » by Fanny Burney
- I say then, that reprehension and reprimand can scarcely ever be necessary.
- Extract from : « Thoughts on Man » by William Godwin
- An act like this cannot be committed and nobody be deserving of reprehension.
- Extract from : « The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 » by J. T. Headley.
- It behoveth therefore such a one to be free from all cause of reprehension.
- Extract from : « Old English Chronicles » by Various
- The day had not yet arrived when the great were to endure the freedom of reprehension.
- Extract from : « Amenities of Literature » by Isaac Disraeli
- He to whom my reprehension does not apply, will not receive it.
- Extract from : « Thoughts on African Colonization » by William Lloyd Garrison
- To be at task, therefore, is to be liable to reprehension and correction.
- Extract from : « Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies » by Samuel Johnson
- But it may be questioned whether Swanston really merited this reprehension.
- Extract from : « A Book of the Play » by Dutton Cook
Synonyms for reprehension
- accusation
- animadversion
- arraignment
- attack
- attribution
- castigation
- censure
- charge
- chiding
- complaint
- condemnation
- criticism
- denunciation
- depreciation
- diatribe
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- disfavor
- disparagement
- expostulation
- exprobation
- impeachment
- implication
- imputation
- incrimination
- inculpation
- indictment
- invective
- objurgation
- obloquy
- opposition
- rebuke
- recrimination
- remonstrance
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprobation
- reproof
- repudiation
- slur
- tirade
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