Exprobration

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Reproachful accusation; upbraiding. obsolete

    "For it will, it must needs be a fearful exprobration of our unworthiness, when the Judge himself shall bear witness against us, that the wisdom of God himself was strangely employed in bringing us safely to felicity."

Example

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"For it will, it must needs be a fearful exprobration of our unworthiness, when the Judge himself shall bear witness against us, that the wisdom of God himself was strangely employed in bringing us safely to felicity."

Etymology

From Latin exprobration: compare French exprobration.

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