Rebuke
Rebuke (re*būk") , transitive verb
[Old French rebouquier to dull, blunt, French reboucher; perhaps from pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, Old French also bouque, Latin bucca cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth of; hence, to stop, obstruct.]
To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered,
Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared.
Rebuke (re*būk") , noun
1.
A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.
For thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
Why bear you these rebukes and answer not?
2.
Check; rebuff. [Obsolete] — L'Estrange
Collocations (1)
To be without rebuke , to live without giving cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless.