The restraining role that the community once played is losing its force as adults become reluctant to reprimand other people's unruly children.
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Reprimand
//ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd//
Synonyms for "reprimand" (178 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (53)
Related words (89)
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Verb(17 words)
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6 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesderived
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
214 translations across 71 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- عَزْر noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- توبيخ ;تقريع verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Armenian
2 entries- կշտամբանք noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- սաստ noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Asturian
1 entries- admonición noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- töhmət noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Basque
1 entries- errieta noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Bikol Central
1 entries- tabuga (Naga) noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Breton
1 entries- rebech noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Bulgarian
4 entries- порицание noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- укор noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- мъмря verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
- порицавам verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Catalan
4 entries- allisada noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- andanada noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- pentinada noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- reny noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏍᎦᎦ verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Chinese
2 entries- 谴责 noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- 谴责 verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 谴责 verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
- 责怪 verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
- 责骂 verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Czech
4 entries- důtka noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- ohrazení noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- pokárání noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- výhrada noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Danish
4 entries- næse noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- reprimande noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- udskældning noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- bestraffe verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Dutch
4 entries- berisping noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- reprimande noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- standje noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- terechtwijzing noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Esperanto
3 entries- admono noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- riproĉo noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- admoni verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Estonian
1 entries- noomitus noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Faroese
2 entries- nøs noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- átala noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Finnish
4 entries- nuhtelu noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- ojennus noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- torut noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- nuhdella verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
French
4 entries- réprimande noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- semonce noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- réprimander verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
- semoncer verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Galician
4 entries- reprimenda noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- amoestar verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
- chamar a atención verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
- reprender verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Gallo
1 entries- qu'reller verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Georgian
1 entries- საყვედური noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
German
4 entries- Maßregelung noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- Rüffel noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- Rüge noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- Verweis noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍈𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Greek
1 entries- επίπληξη noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Hebrew
2 entries- נזיפה noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- נזף verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Hindi
1 entries- डाँट noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Hungarian
4 entries- dorgálás noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- elmarasztalás noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- feddés noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- megrovás noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Icelandic
4 entries- snupra noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- vítur noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- yfirhelling noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- ávíta verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Ido
2 entries- remonstro noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- reprimando noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Igbo
1 entries- mbá noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Indonesian
2 entries- hardik noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- menegur verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Irish
1 entries- achasán noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Italian
4 entries- ammonimento noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- appunto noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- diatriba noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- lavacapo noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Japanese
3 entries- 叱責 noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- 難詰 noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- 面詰 noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Kazakh
1 entries- зеку noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Korean
2 entries- 견책 noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- 욕 noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Kurdish
1 entries- یختار noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- сөгүш noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Latin
3 entries- reprehensiō noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- obiurgō verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
- reprehendō verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Macedonian
4 entries- опомена noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- прекор noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- укор noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- укорува verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Malagasy
2 entries- baibay noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- fananarana noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Maltese
1 entries- għajta noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Māori
1 entries- tātā verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Nepali
1 entries- गाली noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Norman
1 entries- bliatchinner verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Norwegian
3 entries- refs noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- reprimande noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- refse verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Old Armenian
2 entries- խրատ noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- պատուհաս noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Old French
1 entries- ramposne noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Old Irish
1 entries- cúrsachad noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Old Ruthenian
1 entries- нарѣчьє noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تربیه noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Persian
2 entries- توبیخ noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- توبیخ کردن verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schell noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Polish
4 entries- admonicja noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- nagana noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- połajanka noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- przygana noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Portuguese
4 entries- chamada noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- repreensão noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- reprimenda noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- sermão noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Romanian
3 entries- mustrare noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- împutăciune noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- mustra verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Romansch
1 entries- reprimanda noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Russian
4 entries- взбу́чка noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- взыска́ние noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- вы́волочка noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- вы́говор noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prijékor noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- prékor noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- úkor noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- ȍpomena noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Slovak
3 entries- pokarhanie noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- výtka noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- výčitka noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Spanish
4 entries- admonición noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- amonestación noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- bronca noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- latigazo noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Swahili
1 entries- lawama noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Swedish
4 entries- reprimand noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- tillrättavisning noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
- bestraffa verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
- tillrättavisa verb (to reprove in a formal or official way)
Tagalog
1 entries- sisi noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ተግሳጽ noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дога́на noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lời quở trách noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Vilamovian
1 entries- nagȧna noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Võro
1 entries- noomitus noun (severe, formal or official reproof)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
We'll get off with a reprimand.
Source: tatoeba (5729689)
Her most serious shortcoming seemed to be a tendency to fall into daydreams in the middle of a task and forget all about it until such time as she was sharply recalled to earth by a reprimand or a catastrophe.
Source: tatoeba (5825179)
No one likes to reprimand students for poor behavior, but it comes with the territory when you're a teacher.
Source: tatoeba (10066016)
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