27 September, 2014

reprimand

noun

1. 1.

   a formal expression of disapproval.

   "the golfer received a reprimand for a breach of rules"

   synonyms:

   rebuke, reproof, admonishment, admonition, reproach

verb

1. 1.

   address a reprimand to.

   "officials were reprimanded for poor work"

   synonyms:

   chastise, remonstrate with, take to task, pull up, castigate, read someone the Riot Act, give someone a piece of one's mind, haul over the coals