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exprobration

exprobration noun: reproachful accusation; upbraiding.

Noun

exprobration (plural exprobrations)

  1. (obsolete) Reproachful accusation; upbraiding.
    • For it will, it must needs be a fearful exprobration of our unworthiness, when the Judge himself shall bear witness against us, that the wisdom of God himself was strangely employed in bringing us safely to felicity.1653, “Twenty-five Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Winter Half-year, […]: Sermon II. [Doomsday Book; or, Christ’s Advent to Judgment.] Part II.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole...

Forms of exprobration

pluralexprobrations

Origin of exprobration

From Latin exprōbrātiō (whence -ion), from exprōbrō (“to reproach, upbraid or reprove”), from ex- + probrum (“disgrace, shame”) (whence ex-). Compare French exprobration. By surface analysis, exprobrate + -ion.

Questions about exprobration

What does exprobration mean?
Exprobration means reproachful accusation; upbraiding.
What part of speech is exprobration?
Exprobration is a noun.
What is the plural of exprobration?
The plural of exprobration is exprobrations.

Words near exprobration in the dictionary

  1. exprobating
  2. exprobrate
  3. exprobrated
  4. exprobrates
  5. exprobrating
  6. exprobration
  7. exprobrations
  8. exprobrative
  9. exprobratory
  10. expromission
  11. expromissor

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