Reprimand
Reprimand (r?p"r?-m?nd) , noun
[French réprimande, fr. Latin reprimendus, reprimenda, that is to be checked or suppressed, from reprimere to check, repress; pref. re- re + premere to press. See Press, and compare Repress.]
Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.
Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.
Reprimand , transitive verb
[Compare French réprimander. See Reprimand, n.]
1.
To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.
Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission.
2.
To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.