Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Reproof

Reproof (r?-pr??f") , noun

[Old English reproef. See Proof, Reprove.]

1.
Refutation; confutation; contradiction. [Obsolete]
2.
An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach.
Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. — Pope