名詞 reproof:

1. an act or expression of criticism and censure
   同義詞：rebuke, reproval, reprehension, reprimand

動詞 reproof:

1. censure severely or angrily
   同義詞：call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast

1. Mild, kind, yet earnest reproof.
   告誡，勸諫溫和的，和善的，但誠摯的譴責
2. Impatient of reproof, he left his parents and went away.
   忍受不了責難，他離開父母出走了。
3. You can scarcely expect to escape reproof for such irresponsible behavior.
   你這樣不負責任的行為，不能不受到責備。

re.proof

n.（名詞）
The act, an instance, or an expression of reproving; a rebuke.
指摘：指責的行為、事例或表現(xiàn)；訓(xùn)斥

來源：
Middle English reprof
中古英語 reprof
variant of reprove, repreve
reprove的變體, repreve
from Old French reprueve
源自 古法語 reprueve
from reprover [to find fault with] * see reprove
源自 reprover [找…的岔子] *參見 reprove