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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: reprove, from reprover; REPROVE

reproof

 noun
     
re‧proof formal
1 [uncountable] blame or disapproval:
She greeted me with a look of cold reproof.
2 [countable] a remark that blames or criticizes someone:
a mild reproof
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