- 2. Check, restraint.
Reprieve, v. a.
- 1. Respite, delay the punishment of, give a respite to.
- 2. Relieve.
Reprieve, n.
- 1. Respite, suspension of punishment.
- 2. Respite, interval of ease.
Reprimand, v. a. Reprove, censure, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, chide, upbraid, blame, admonish, find fault with.
Reprimand, n. Reproof, reprehension, censure, rebuke, reproach, blame, admonition, reprobation, reproval.
Reprint, n. Reimpression, republication.
Reproach, v. a.
- 1. Censure, blame, reprove, rebuke, reprimand, reprehend, upbraid.
- 2. Revile, vilify, defame, asperse, condemn, abuse, speak ill of, accuse, discredit, disparage, traduce.
Reproach, n.
- 1. Censure, reproof, disapprobation, disapproval, blame, invective, upbraiding, condemnation, reprobation,
remonstrance, reprehension, expostulation, rebuke, reprimand, railing, contumely, reviling, abuse, vilification,
scurrility, insolence, scorn, contempt.
- 2. Dishonor, disgrace, shame, disrepute, obloquy, opprobrium, odium, scandal, ignominy, infamy, abasement,
indignity, insult.
- 3. Dishonor, disgrace, shame, discredit, scorn, scandal, offence.
Reproachable, a. Censurable, reprehensible, blamable.
Reproachful, a.
- 1. Opprobrious, scurrilous, abusive, railing, scolding, upbraiding, vituperative, condemnatory, censorious,
damnatory, invective, contumelious, offensive, sarcastic, insulting, contemptuous, scornful, insolent.