<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake</li><li>Synonyms: admonish, reprehend, chide, upbraid, reprimand, scold</li><li>Antonyms: praise</li><li>to disapprove of strongly; censure: to reprove a bad decision</li><li>Obsolete: to disprove or refute</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to speak in reproof; administer a reproof</li></ul>