transitive verb. To express disapproval to (someone); criticize: synonym: admonish.

transitive verb. To express disapproval about (something).

To disapprove; condemn; censure.

To charge with a fault; chide; reprehend: formerly sometimes with of.

To convince, as of a fault; convict.

To refute; disprove.

Synonyms and Rebuke, Reprimand, etc. See censure and admonition.

transitive verb. To convince.

transitive verb. To disprove; to refute.

transitive verb. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure.

transitive verb. To express disapprobation of.

verb. take to task

"He that is to reprove is to remember, that his business is not to declaim and shew his parts, but to work a cure."

reproof  reproval  

criticise  criticize  knock  pick apart  

admonish  blame censure  bring to book  call down  call to account  

reproved  reproves  reproving