Meaning of OBJURGATION
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] rebuking a person harshly |
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OBJURGATION is a 11 letter word that starts with O. |
| | Synonyms: | | chiding, scolding |
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| | See Also: | | rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval, wig, wigging | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ob`jur*ga"tion\, n. [L. objurgatio: cf.F.
objurgation.]
The act of objurgating; reproof.
While the good lady was bestowing this objurgation on
Mr.Ben Allen. --Dickens.
With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs.
--Landor.
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