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reproofs

reproofs is the plural of reproof.

Meaning of reproof

Noun

reproof (countable and uncountable, plural reproofs)

  1. An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.
    • You could not give me a greater reproof for the mistake I fell into. It was all my doing, I know. I have not forgotten it, I assure you.1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 13

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Questions about reproofs

What is reproofs the plural of?
Reproofs is the plural of reproof.

Words near reproofs in the dictionary

  1. repronunciations
  2. reproof
  3. reproofed
  4. reproofing
  5. reproofings
  6. reproofs
  7. repropagate
  8. repropagated
  9. repropagates
  10. repropagating
  11. repropagation

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