Antonyms for reprehension


Grammar : Noun
Spell : rep-ri-hen-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛp rɪˈhɛn ʃən


Definition of reprehension

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French reprehension (12c.) or directly from Latin reprehensionem (nominative reprehensio) "blame, a censure, reprimand," literally "a taking again," noun of action from past participle stem of reprehendere (see reprehend).
  • noun blame
Example sentences :
  • She now opened all those floodgates of reprehension, which had been shut so long.
  • Extract from : « The Expedition of Humphry Clinker » by Tobias Smollett
  • You look at me as if you thought this reprehension were undeserved!
  • Extract from : « Colloquies on Society » by Robert Southey
  • Their presumption is so notorious, that, either by disgust or alarm, it keeps off reprehension.
  • Extract from : « Camilla » by Fanny Burney
  • I say then, that reprehension and reprimand can scarcely ever be necessary.
  • Extract from : « Thoughts on Man » by William Godwin
  • An act like this cannot be committed and nobody be deserving of reprehension.
  • Extract from : « The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 » by J. T. Headley.
  • It behoveth therefore such a one to be free from all cause of reprehension.
  • Extract from : « Old English Chronicles » by Various
  • The day had not yet arrived when the great were to endure the freedom of reprehension.
  • Extract from : « Amenities of Literature » by Isaac Disraeli
  • He to whom my reprehension does not apply, will not receive it.
  • Extract from : « Thoughts on African Colonization » by William Lloyd Garrison
  • To be at task, therefore, is to be liable to reprehension and correction.
  • Extract from : « Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies » by Samuel Johnson
  • But it may be questioned whether Swanston really merited this reprehension.
  • Extract from : « A Book of the Play » by Dutton Cook

Synonyms for reprehension

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