Dictionary entry

Objurgation

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ob′jur‐ga″tion (?), n. [L. objurgatio: cf. F. objurgation.] The act of objurgating; reproof.

While the good lady was bestowing this objurgation on Mr. Ben Allen. Dickens.

With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs. Landor.