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Definitions: Reprimand |
ReprimandNoun1. An act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face". Verb1. Rebuke formally. 2. Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "reprimand" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Multilingual Slang | German (zusammenscheißen). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ReprimandSynonyms: rebuke (n), reprehension (n), reproof (n), reproval (n), bawl out (v), berate (v), censure (v), chew out (v), chew up (v), chide (v), criminate (v), dress down (v), have words (v), jaw (v), lambast (v), lambaste (v), lecture (v), rag (v), remonstrate (v), scold (v), trounce (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disapprobation | Reprimand, chastise, castigate, lash, blow up, trounce, trim, laver la tete, overhaul; give it one, give it one finely; gibbet. |
Reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach; rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming; correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff; slap, slap on the face; home thrust, hit; frown, scowl, black look. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Reprimand |
| English words defined with "reprimand": admonished ♦ brush down ♦ chastened, come down ♦ rebuked, reprimanded, Reprimanding, reproved, riot act ♦ Sneap, Sneb, Snib ♦ tell off, To come down upon, To take check ♦ what for. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "reprimand": INDECISION ♦ Partner, prisoner's dilemma ♦ WILDLIFE AGENT, REGIONAL. (references) |
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Screenplays | I don't deserve a reprimand for it. (Band of Brothers; writing credit: Stephen Ambrose; Erik Jendresen) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Children | Kyrgyz Republic | According to the Criminal Code, the penalty for infringing on a student's right to obtain free secondary education ranges from receiving a public reprimand to 1 year of forced labor; the law penalizes parents who do not send their children to school or obstruct their attendance. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Cuba | Members of the armed forces do not attend religious services in their uniform, probably to avoid possible reprimand by superiors. (references) |
China | Although the campaign appeared to have been carried out at the initiative of local religious affairs officials, central government authorities did not criticize the action or take any measures to reprimand those responsible. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guatemala | The panel reviewed numerous cases and issued sanctions ranging from letters of reprimand to firing. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | When isolated instances of abuse surfaced in the past, the authorities were responsive and willing to investigate allegations and reprimand or remove offending guards. (references) | |
Romania | In July following the complaint filed by Lucarelli and an investigation conducted by military prosecutors, the chief of Brasov County Police received a verbal reprimand and his promotion was delayed for 2 years. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Peru | The Government took no actions to prevent the strikes or to reprimand participants. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INDECISION, n. The chief element of success; "for whereas," saith Sir Thomas Brewbold, "there is but one way to do nothing and divers way to do something, whereof, to a surety, only one is the right way, it followeth that he who from indecision standeth still hath not so many chances of going astray as he who pusheth forwards" -- a most clear and satisfactory exposition on the matter. "Your prompt decision to attack," said Genera Grant on a certain occasion to General Gordon Granger, "was admirable; you had but five minutes to make up your mind in." "Yes, sir," answered the victorious subordinate, "it is a great thing to be know exactly what to do in an emergency. When in doubt whether to attack or retreat I never hesitate a moment -- I toss us a copper." "Do you mean to say that's what you did this time?" "Yes, General; but for Heaven's sake don't reprimand me: I disobeyed the coin." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Reprimand" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 65.71% of the time. "Reprimand" is used about 105 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 65.71% | 69 | 40,280 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 31.43% | 33 | 60,273 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.86% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 105 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
reprimand letter | 48 |
reprimand | 19 |
letter reprimand sample | 15 |
employee reprimand | 5 |
example letter reprimand | 5 |
employee form reprimand | 3 |
reprimand written | 3 |
letter military reprimand | 3 |
employee letter reprimand | 2 |
air force letter reprimand | 2 |
employee letter reprimand sample | 2 |
form reprimand | 2 |
army letter reprimand | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "reprimand"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qortim (admonition, chiding, correction, exception, objurgation, observation, rebuke, reprehension, reproach, reprobation, reproof, rowing, schooling, scolding, set down, snub, talking to, telling off, twit, wigging). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لوم (admonition, blame, censure, lambaste, railing, rebuke, reproach, reproof, twit, upbraid), توبيخ (admonition, censure, correction, dressing down, lesson, objurgation, rap, rating, rebuke, reprehension, reproach, reproof, scolding, talking to, telling off, upbraiding, wig), تأنيب (castigation, chiding, objurgation, reproach, reproof, row, scolding), أنب (castigate, get it in the neck, lash, moralize, reproach, reprove, scold, task). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basque | errierta egin (reprimand to, reprove to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | укорявам (upbraid), укор (imputation, objurgation, rap, rebuke, reprehension, reproach, reproof, snub), мъмря (call down, caution, correct, lecture, lesson, objurgate, rap, rebuke, school, scold), мъмрене (caution, lecture, objurgation, rebuke, rowing, scolding, talking to), порицавам (anathematize, blame, censure, criminate, decry, lash, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, reprove, upbraid, wig), порицание (animadversion, castigation, censure, decrial, dispraise, imputation, rebuke, reflection, reprehension, reprobation, reproof, stricture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 谴责 (Castigate, Castigated, Castigating, Condemn, Condemnation, Condemned, Condemning, Denounce, Denounced, Denouncing, reprimanded, Reprimanding), 懲' (to discipline), 斥 (blame, reprove). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | udìlit dùtku, pokárat (rebuke, reprove), pokárání (caution, censure, rebuke, reprehension, reproof), dùtka (caution, censure, rebuke, rub). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | irettesaettelse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | berisping (observation, remark, reproach, reproof). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مجازات (Penalty, Punishment, Retribution), سرزنش کردن (Berate, Blame, Calldown, Censure, Check, Chide, Haze, Rant, Reprehend, Reprove, Scold, Snub, Taunt, Trounce, Twit, Upbraid, Wig), سرزنش وتوبیخ رسمی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | soimaus (reproach, reproof), ojennus (alignment, distraction, extension, reproof, straightening), muistutus (comment, objection, remark, reminder, reproof). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | blâme (rebuke, reproof). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Verweis (admonishment, amendment, animadversion, cross reference, rebuke, reference, reproof). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιτιμώ (animadvert, berate, keelhaul, objurgate, rebuke, reprehend, reprove, upbraid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל זוף (admonish, chide, dress down, flay, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, slate, take to task, upbraid), 'ער" (rebuke, reproach), זיפ" (admonition, rating, rebuke, stricture, twit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | feddés (blame, rating, reproof, ticking), dorgálás (admonition, carpeting, dressing down, rating, talking to, ticking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mengaibkan (bring disgrace on, humiliate), mencomeli (rebuke, scold), comelan (rebuke, scolding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rimprovero (animadversion, correction, nagging, rap, rebuke, reproach, reproof, scolding, taunt, twit, upbraiding), rimproverare (accuse, berate, blame, chide, grudge, lecture, rebuke, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task, trim, twit, upbraid), richiamo all'ordine, rabbuffo, censura (blame, censor, censoring, censorship, censure, mark). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 懲罰 (discipline, punishment), 懲' (discipline, punishment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | な"きつ, しった (rebuke, scolding), しっせき (abscondence, disappearance, rebuke), きっせき (reproach, reprove), く""く (a monarchy, admonition), も"せき (blame, censure, rebuke, reproof), け"せき (censor, rebuke, reproof), ちょうばつ (discipline, punishment), ちょうかい (deliquescence, discipline, listening comprehension, morning assembly, punishment, town council). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 견책 (Reprimanding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | oghsan (censure, rebuke), cur oghsan da (animadvert, rebuke, reprove), cassid (charge with crime, impeach). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occitan | brandir las pelhas (reprove). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eprimandray repreensão (admonition, brushoff, censure, chide, exhortation, expostulation, faultfinding, impeachment, lecture, lesson, rag, rebuke, reprehension, reproof, scolding, slur, snap, snub, talking to, trimming, upbringing, wigging). (various references) sfãdi (remonstrate, scold), observaţie (admonition, analysis, comment, observation, reflection, remark, remonstrance, reproof, study, survey, watching), mustrare (dressing, lash, lecture, pi-jaw, prick, rebuke, remonstrance, reprehension, reproach, reproof, row, scolding, slur, snub, trim, trimming, wigging), mustra (berate, chide, lash into, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprove, row, scold, slate, snub, twit), dojeni (blame, chide, correct, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprove, scold, snub, taunt, trim, twit, upbraid, wig), dojanã (admonishment, lash, lecture, lesson, rebuke, remonstrance, reprehension, reproach, reproof, row, scolding, set down, snub, taunt, twit), dãscãli (jaw, sermonize, teach, tease), bruftului (rough-plaster), bruftui (abuse, rough, rough-plaster), admonestare (admonition), admonesta (admonish, scold). (various references) выговор (curtain lecture, dressing down, jobation, objurgation, rating, rebuke, reproof, rowing, schooling, set-down, snub, talking to, talking-to, telling off, telling-off). (various references) spraic (a sever reprimand, severe reproof), coirich (reprove), achmhasan (a rebuke, rebuke, reproof). (various references) ukoriti (lecture, objurgate, rebuke, reprehend, reprove, scold), ukor (admonition, rebuke, reprehension, reproach, schooling), prigovoriti, prekor (rebuke, reprehension, reproach, reproof). (various references) reprimenda (blame, dressing down, rebuke, reference, reproof, rocket, scoring). (various references) tillrättavisning (admonition, lecture, lesson, objurgation), tillrättavisa (admonish, check, correct, lecture, objurgate, rebuke, reprove, talk to), åthutning (talking to). (various references) paylamak (baste, bring up, dress down, flay, give smb. beans, inveigh, jaw out, lace into, objurgate, rag, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, scold, tick off), paylama (dressing down, objurgation, reprehension, reproaching, scolding, wigging), kınamak (blame, cast reflection on smb., castigate, censure, condemn, decry, denounce, disapprove, fault, remonstrate, reproach, reprobate, reprove, slate, stigmatize, strafe), kınama (animadversion, blame, castigation, censure, condemnation, criticism, denouncement, denunciation, disapprobation, disapproval, reprehension, reproach, reproof, reproval, strafing, strictures), azarlamak (admonish, baste, bawl out, berate, blame, blister, blow up, bring up, call down, call smb. over the coals, carpet, castigate, chew out, chide, come down on, decry, dress down, give a piece of one's mind, give smb. a talking-to, give smb. a telling-off, give smb. beans, give smb. hell, give the stick, inveigh, jaw out, keelhaul, lace into, lambaste, lash, lecture, let smb. have it, light into, objurgate, peck at smb., punish, rag, rail, rap smb. over the knuckles, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, roast, sail into, scold, score, slang, slap, slate, strafe, take to task, talk to smb., tell off, tell smb. one's mind, tick off, trim, twit, upbraid, vituperate), azarlama (blast, castigation, dressing down, lash, rap, rating, rebuke, ribbing, scolding, strafing, upbraiding, vituperation, wigging), azar (earful, going-over, jaw, lashing, lecture, objurgation, rebuke, reprehension, reproach, reproof, reproval, rocket, scolding, slating, talking to, telling off, tongue-lashing, trimming). (various references) оголошувати догану (reprehend), догана (blame, bobbing, castigation, dressing down, objurgation, rebuke, reprehension, reprobation, reproof, reproval, rowing, schooling, setdown, snub, telling). (various references) lời quở trách (lecture, rebuke, reproof), lời khiển trách (censure, reproof). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | accusabant, accusabit, accusamus, accusans, accusant, accusantes, accusantium, accusare, accusarent, accusaretur, accusari, accusat, accusator, accusatur, accusaturus, accusatus, accusaverunt, accusavit, accusent, accuses, accuset, accusor, convicia, convicio, reprimenda. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | reprimende. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "reprimand": reprimanded, reprimanding, reprimands. (additional references) | |
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"Reprimand" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Perriman, repimand, repramand, repremand, repremend, reprimad, reprimando, reprimnd, reptimand. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "reprimand" (pronounced re"pruma'nd) |
| 4 | -m a' n d | undermanned. |
| 3 | -a' n d | ampersand, armband, backhand, Badland, bandstand, beforehand, broadband, contraband, cropland, dreamland, fairyland, Fantasyland, farmhand, farmland, Fatherland, firebrand, flatland, forehand, freehand, grandstand, grassland, handstand, headband, heartland, hinterland, homeland, inland, longhand, lowland, mainland, marshland, Midland, moorland, motherland, newsstand, nightstand, Northland, outland, overland, parkland, quicksand, seastrand, secondhand, shorthand, Southland, spaceband, stagehand, sunland, Timberland, wasteland, wetland, Wonderland, woodland. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-m-n-p-r-r" | |
-2 letters: admirer, drainer, inarmed, mariner, married, pardine, pardner, parried, randier, rapider. | |
-3 letters: admire, aidmen, airmen, arider, daimen, damner, dampen, damper, darner, denari, diaper, draper, errand, impend, maiden, marine, marred, median, medina, minder, pained, paired, pander, panier, pardie, parred, pinder, prearm, preman, primed, primer, raider, rained, ramped, rapier, rapine, remain, remand, remind, repaid, repair. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-m-n-p-r-r" | |
+1 letter: reprimands. | |
+2 letters: madreporian, reprimanded. | |
+3 letters: deprograming, madreporians, reprimanding. | |
+4 letters: deprogramming, intercompared, preordainment. | |
+5 letters: interpermeated, preordainments. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 70 72 69 6D 61 6E 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . .--. .-. .. -- .- -. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110000 01110010 01101001 01101101 01100001 01101110 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e p r i m a n d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0070 0072 0069 006D 0061 006E 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527182847579678070 |
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