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A rebuke or reprimand (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reproof

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">a rebuke</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that rebuke can be written as reproof)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">reprimand</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that reprimand can be written as reproof)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for reproof that I've seen before include "Criticism" , "Blaming" , "blame" , "Dressing down" , "Castigation" .)

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