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reprehension|rɛprɪˈhɛnʃən|
Also 4 -cion, 6 -syon, 7 -tion.
[ad. L. reprehensiōn-em, n. of action f. reprehendĕre. Cf. F. répréhension (12th c.).]
1. The action of reprehending; censure, reproof, rebuke, reprimand.
c1374Chaucer Troylus i. 684 Myn entenciown Nys nought to yow of reprehencion To speke as now. c1477Caxton Jason 25 Men preyse and alowe moche the fayr Myrro—but I trowe..she shold be fonden somwhat of Reprehension. 1542Boorde Dyetary xxxvii. (1870) 299 Vse few wordes to them, excepte it be for reprehensyon or gentyll reformacyon. a1586Sidney Arcadia i. (1605) 49 To a heart fully resolute, counsell is tedious, but reprehension is lothsome. 1612Brinsley Lud. Lit. xv. (1627) 200 To use sharpe reprehension or correction for that carelessnesse. 1678R. L'Estrange Seneca's Mor., Life, Exhorting them..sometimes by Good Counsel, otherwhile by Reprehension. 1709Steele Tatler No. 67 ⁋12 That when they will not take private Reprehension, they may be tried further by a publick one. 1777Burke Corr. (1844) II. 194 If they are corrupt, they merit..blame and reprehension. 1801Strutt Sports & Past. Introd. 41 The evil consequences..have in all ages called loudly for reprehension. 1868E. Edwards Ralegh I. xxi. 464 The Dean..had used strong language in reprehension of the Prebendary's acceptance. 1885Truth 28 May 836/1 Such profligate extravagance is deserving of severe reprehension.
b. With a and pl. An instance of this.
1574Whitgift Def. Answ. ii. Wks. 1851 I. 201 What church-discipline would you have other than admonitions, reprehensions, and..excommunications? 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie i. xvi. (Arb.) 50 To th'intent that such exemplifying..might worke for a secret reprehension to others. 1608Willet Hexapla Exod. 192 He trieth her with sharpe reprehensions. 1671J. Flavel Fount. Life xxii. 66 He finds them asleep, which occasioned that gentle Reprehension from him. a1704T. Brown Eng. Sat. Wks. 1730 I. 29 His writings contain'd as severe reprehensions as any others. 1784Cowper Tiroc. 656 An evidence and reprehension both Of the mere schoolboy's lean and tardy growth.
†2. Refutation; proof of fallacy. Obs.
1531Elyot Gov. i. xiv, Certayne partes of an oration, that is to say for Narrations, Partitions, Confirmations and Confutations, named of some Reprehensions. 1597Bacon Coulers Good & Evill §5 It is not so properly a case or reprehension as it is a counter couler. Ibid. §7 An other reprehension is, that things of greatnes and predominancie [etc.]. 1620T. Granger Div. Logike 347 Secondly, the solution, or reprehension thereof. |