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Latin
Etymology
From reprehendō + -tiō.
Noun
reprehēnsiō f (genitive reprehēnsiōnis); third declension
- blame, reprimand, criticism
- refutation
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “reprehensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “reprehensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- reprehensio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to give occasion for blame; to challenge criticism: ansas dare ad reprehendum, reprehensionis
- to contain, afford matter for criticism: ansam habere reprehensionis
- to suffer reproof; to be criticised, blamed: in vituperationem, reprehensionem cadere, incidere, venire