Dictionary entry

Reprehension

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Rep′re‐hen″sion (–sh?n), n. [L. reprehensio: cf. F. répréhension.] Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.

This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him a secret reprehension that he had not showed more gratefulness to Dorus. Sir P. Sidney.

Syn. — Censure; reproof; reprimand. See Admonition.