Antonyms for reprove


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ri-proov
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpruv


Definition of reprove

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French reprover "accuse, blame" (12c.), from Late Latin reprobare "disapprove, reject, condemn" (see reprobate). Related: Reproved; reproving.
  • verb rebuke
Example sentences :
  • Your life must be saved; even if you reprove me for the means.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • It must be my duty to reprove, to show her her deceit in its full enormity.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • I ought to reprove this acclamation—but this once I let it pass.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • If my remnant of a conscience presumed to rise and reprove me, I stamped it down.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I could see what had happened—my family had sent him to reprove me and remonstrate with me.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • I reprove it in the sternest terms, and I deplore the consequences it had.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Hence also the reproof of our own mode of life when we attempt to reprove others.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
  • And even if he did speak of Peggy by her first name, was it Margaret's place to reprove him?
  • Extract from : « Three Margarets » by Laura E. Richards
  • Let us reprove them, or at least avoid them, as we would the plague.
  • Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness
  • Why should he not have left that matter to some masters of policy to reprove?
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 » by Various

Synonyms for reprove

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