Legal Definition and Related Resources of Reprimand

A formal and public censure by a superior to an inferior, or by a judge to an offender. The censure as administered is usually in substitution for any other form of sentence . To censure formally, especially with authority .

verb

• accuse
• admonish
• animadvert on
• asperse
• berate
• blame
• call to account
• call to task
• castigate
• censure formally
• chastise
• chide
• condemn
• correct
• criminate
• decry
• denounce
• deprecate
• disapprove
• discommend
• disparage
• dispraise
• dress down
• execrate
• exprobrate
• find fault
• flay
• fulminate against
• impeach
• impugn
• inveigh against
• lash
• lecture
• objurgate
• rail at
• rant
• rebuke
• recriminate
• remonstrate
• reprehend
• reprehendere
• reproach
• reprobate
• reprove
• revile
• run down
• scold
• thunder against
• trounce
• upbraid
• vilify
• vilipend
• vituperare
• vituperate
• warn Associated Concepts: reprimand by the grievance committee

noun

• admonishment
• admonition
• animadversion
• blame
• castigation
• censure
• chiding
• condemnation
• correction
• criticism
• denunciation
• derogation
• disapprobation
• disapproval
• displeasure
• dispraise
• dressing down
• exception
• exprobration
• improbation
• increpation
• jobation
• lecture
• objection
• objurgation
• rating
• rebuke
• remonstrance
• reprehensio
• reprehension
• reproach
• reprobation
• reproof
• reproval
• revilement
• scolding
• sermon
• sharp censure
• sharp words
• stricture
• trimming
• upbraiding
• vituperatio
• warning Associated Concepts: reprimand issued by the grievance committee of the bar association

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Reprimand in Law Enforcement

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Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• reprimand in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• reprimand in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

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