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Rebuke

//ɹiˈbjuːk// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A harsh criticism.

    "There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness."

  2. 2
    an act or expression of criticism and censure wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To criticise harshly; to reprove.

    "O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath."

  2. 2
    censure severely or angrily wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker (“to beat back, repel”), from re- + Old French *buker, buchier, buschier (“to strike, hack down, chop”), from busche (“wood”), from Vulgar Latin *busca (“wood, grove”), from Frankish *busk (“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”); equivalent to re- + bush.

Etymology 2

From Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker (“to beat back, repel”), from re- + Old French *buker, buchier, buschier (“to strike, hack down, chop”), from busche (“wood”), from Vulgar Latin *busca (“wood, grove”), from Frankish *busk (“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”); equivalent to re- + bush.

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