reprove.
To express disapproval.
Meaning & usage
To express disapproval.
To criticise, rebuke, or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone.
To deny or reject (as a feeling, behaviour, action, etc.).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English repreven, reproven, from Anglo-Norman reprover, Middle French reprouver, from Latin reprobāre. Doublet of reprobate.
To prove again.
Where this word comes from
From re- + prove.
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