reprimand

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English

Etymology

From French réprimande, from réprimer (“to repress”).

Pronunciation

Noun

reprimand (plural reprimands)

  1. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

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Verb

reprimand (third-person singular simple present reprimands, present participle reprimanding, simple past and past participle reprimanded)

  1. To reprove in a formal or official way.
    • 1983. Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.
      He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:

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Swedish

Noun

reprimand c

  1. a reprimand
    att ge en reprimand
    to give a reprimand

Declension

Declension of reprimand 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative reprimand reprimanden reprimander reprimanderna
Genitive reprimands reprimandens reprimanders reprimandernas

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