Reprove

1. (v. t.) To convince.

2. (v. t.) To disprove; to refute.

3. (v. t.) To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure.

4. (v. t.) To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.

Thesaurus Entries

admonish, bring to book, call down, call to account, chasten, chastise, chide, correct, have words with, lecture, lesson, objurgate, rack, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, scold, set down, set straight, spank, straighten out, take down, take to task, upbraid