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Meanings of reproval in English

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An act or expression of criticism and censure.

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        Usage of reproval in English
        1
        The common rules of every-day honour spoke to her with stern reproval.
        Denzil Quarrier
        2
        The intended reproval died on her lips as she saw his face.
        Septimus
        3
        M. Rossignol felt a kind of reproval in the Cure's tone.
        The Right of Way, Volume 6
        4
        It was reproval; but tender reproval, mixed with mild amazement.
        The Poor Little Rich Girl
        5
        On the contrary, he went toward the two hurriedly, with a gesture of reproval.
        Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
        6
        Father Dominico cast a look half of fright, half of reproval upon his guest.
        The Three Partners
        7
        These forbearing remarks were not wholly meant for Gretchen's reproval.
        The Log School-House on the Columbia
        8
        Obi-Wan shook his head at Qui-Gon Jinn in faint reproval.
        Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
        9
        You replied in violent reproval, and he started forward, as if about to attack you.
        The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories
        10
        The humanity of the Fields would not utter a word of reproval to either of us.
        An Old Man's Love
        11
        This seems the best way of treating all that part of worldly trouble which consists of self-reproval.
        Friends in Council — First Series
        12
        With his letter came one from Governor Wise, in courteous reproval of her sympathy for John Brown.
        Personal Sketches and Tributes / Part 2 from Volume VI of The Wo...
        13
        How many cold shower-baths of reproval have I already received; how many unruly things have I already done!
        The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912
        14
        An elderly man scowled reproval.
        The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
        15
        But Maud said, "Tut, tut," in gentle reproval, and then asked why I was a blithering idiot.
        The Sea-Wolf
        16
        Letters of reproval, admonition, and persuasion, some anonymous, some signed by good conscientious people, came to the sisters frequently.
        The Grimké Sisters / Sarah and Angelina Grimké: the First Americ...
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