correptions

Noun

correption (countable and uncountable, plural correptions)

1. A shortening in pronunciation.
2. (obsolete) A chiding, scolding; telling off.
   • That I use all mildness or mansuetude in admonishing; the angry passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend.1647, Henry Hammond, Of Fraternal Admonition Or Correption, page 5

   Synonyms:

   berating, objurgation, rixation, browbeating, chiding, chockling, dirdum, down the banks, dressing down, going over