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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old North French |
| Origin: | rebuker, from bukier 'to hit, cut down' |
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re‧buke
[transitive]
[transitive] formal to speak to someone severely about something they have done wrong [= reprimand]
rebuke somebody for doing something Members of the jury were sharply rebuked for speaking to the press.
Members of the jury were sharply rebuked for speaking to the press. —rebuke noun [uncountable and countable] a rebuke from the President
a rebuke from the President