correptionn.
/kəˈrɛpʃən/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun]
telingeOE
chastiment?c1225
snapinga1300
snibbinga1300
reproving?1316
undernimminga1325
correctiona1340
threapening1340
admonishingc1350
reproofa1375
scourgingc1374
correptionc1380
repreyningc1390
reprehensiona1413
undertakingc1430
rebuke?a1439
admonition1440
correptingc1449
rebut?c1450
reprehendingc1450
redargution1483
reproval1493
increpation1502
prisec1540
tasking1543
check1588
improof1590
snubbing1600
threap1636
compellation1656
reprovement1675
reprimanding1698
rowing1812
lecturing1861
carpeting1888
eldering1912
woodshedding1940
stick1956
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 292 Of charitable correpcion or reproving.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Pet. ii. 16 Sotheli he hadde correpcioun, or reprouyng, of his woodnesse.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 394 Thei wolden grucche after than thei schulden aȝens hise correpciouns and reulingis.
1582 Bible (Rheims) 1 Cor. x. 11 They are written for our correption.
1672 H. Stubbe Justif. War against Netherlands 43 The obligation of fraternal correption and admonition.
a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. v. 137 Correptions more upbraiding and severe.
1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible II. i. 34 The Virgin-Mother..could not forbear expressing a gentle Correption to him.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > [noun] > sudden access of emotion
heart-quakinga1398
pang1542
heart-quake1561
heart-qualm1590
correption1659
surprise1670
thrilla1680
shock1705
thrilling1747
1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 212 Sudden correptions, seizures, raptures of spirit.
a1660 H. Hammond Serm. (1664) xi. 184 A sudden correption and depression of the mind.
3. Grammar. Shortening in pronunciation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > unit of duration of speech sound > lengthening or shortening
lengthening1574
prolongation1589
protraction1671
contraction1706
correption1871
1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue xii. 539 The first syllable has been reduced to its present proportion by ‘correption’, if we may revive the very happy Latin term by which a shortened syllable was said to be seized or snatched.
1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue xii. 539 The more liable to correption of its accented syllable.
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