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Noun reproval has 1 sense
  1. rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
    --1 is a kind of criticism, unfavorable judgment
    --1 has particulars:
     riot act; chiding, scolding, objurgation, tongue-lashing; what for; castigation, earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down; berating, blowing up; reproach; lecture, speech, talking to; correction, chastening, chastisement; admonition, admonishment, monition
    Derived form: verb reprove1
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