What does "rebuke" mean?

Rebuke: A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment. For thy sake I have suffered rebuke. Jer. xv.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Why bear you these rebukes and answer not Shak.
  2. 3.Check; rebuff. [Obs.] L'Estrange. To be without rebuke, to live without giving cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless.

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