different between disapprobation vs reprimand

English

Etymology

dis- +? approbation

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?æp???be???n/

Noun

disapprobation (countable and uncountable, plural disapprobations)

1. An act or expression of condemnation or disapproval, especially on moral grounds.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book 13, Chapter 6,^[1]

     Though a gentle sigh, which stole from the bosom of Nancy, seemed to argue some secret disapprobation of these sentiments, she did not dare openly to oppose them.

   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 22,^[2]

     Elizabeth would wonder, and probably would blame her; and though her resolution was not to be shaken, her feelings must be hurt by such disapprobation.

   • 1859, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, Chapter IV,^[3]

     And not only these acts, but the dispositions which lead to them, are properly immoral, and fit subjects of disapprobation which may rise to abhorrence.

   • 1921, D. H. Lawrence, Sea and Sardinia, Chapter I,^[4]

     No one seems to think so, however. Yet they view my arrival with a knapsack on my back with cold disapprobation, as unseemly as if I had arrived riding on a pig. I ought to be in a carriage, and the knapsack ought to be a new suitcase.

Antonyms

• approbation

Related terms

• disapproval
• disapprove

Translations

Further reading

• disapprobation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• disapprobation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• disapprobation at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From French réprimande, from réprimer (“to repress”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) (noun) IPA^(key): /???p??m??nd/
• (Received Pronunciation) (verb) IPA^(key): /???p??m??nd/, /??p???m??nd/
  • Rhymes: -??nd
• (General American) (noun) IPA^(key): /???p.???mænd/
• (General American) (verb) IPA^(key): /???p.???mænd/, /???p.???mænd/
  • Rhymes: -ænd

Noun

reprimand (plural reprimands)

1. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

Translations

Verb

reprimand (third-person singular simple present reprimands, present participle reprimanding, simple past and past participle reprimanded)

1. To reprove in a formal or official way.
   • 1983. Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.

     He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Translations

See also

• admonish
• admonition
• rebuke
• reprehend
• reprehension
• reproof
• reproval
• reprove