What's the difference between objurgate and reprimand?

Objurgate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To chide; to reprove.

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Reprimand


Definition:

  • (n.) Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.
  • (n.) To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.
  • (n.) To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Pardew apologised for his behaviour on Saturday night and the FA is awaiting the referee's report before deciding on action against the 52-year-old, who has been fined £100,000 by Newcastle and severely reprimanded by the club .
  • (2) The newspaper reported that the claims "would appear to be at odds with parliamentary rules" after the former Labour minister Tony McNulty was reprimanded for allowing his parents to live in his second home, which was subsidised by the taxpayer.
  • (3) According to sources, the incident prompted James Harding , the director of BBC News, to send a note reprimanding Paxman for his public criticism of the corporation.
  • (4) It is clearly an option, and it is something that the government considers, but the way to take that option away is for the senators to pass those bills.” Muir said he did not respond well to those kinds of threats, saying that union leaders who spoke to employees in such a way would be reprimanded.
  • (5) It would be easy to efficiently cut him down with the word “rapist”, particularly when I will not face any reprimands for my own imperfect behaviour during the relationship.
  • (6) Teachers report using both reprimands and encouragement as strategies to reduce off-task behavior in the classroom.
  • (7) It "failed to recognise the significance" of damage to a gas fracking well in 2011 and did not report it to government officials for six months, leading to a stern reprimand by the energy minister, papers released under the Freedom of Information Act show.
  • (8) Reprimands proved superior to No Feedback in reducing off-task behavior, but Encouragement did not.
  • (9) She has allegedly received several disciplinary reprimands, including the complaint that she did not respond to a 5:30am wake-up call.
  • (10) I have not spoken much about these things, and I was reprimanded for that.
  • (11) "HE [Her Excellency Joyce Banda] called me this morning and reprimanded me for issuing the statement without consulting Steve, my boss," the message says.
  • (12) There was even an appeal judge reprimanded over a driving ban but his name seems to have slipped off the bottom of the 2012 list .
  • (13) A woman captured on video slapping her teenage son for taking part in the Baltimore riots, a reprimand that went viral online, won praise from the city’s police commissioner and was heralded on social media as “mum of the year”.
  • (14) The wanton slaughter of two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq and the severe and even lethal torture of Afghan detainees generated, at worst, shockingly short jail time for the killers and, usually, little more than letters of reprimand.
  • (15) Jeremy Paxman was reprimanded by the BBC's director of news over negative comments he made about the corporation before the announcement of his departure from Newsnight , it has emerged.
  • (16) They were subsequently informed that the victim responded with interpersonal aggression or with a verbal reprimand.
  • (17) He appeared to reprimand Kennedy for speaking out in a public meeting rather than raising her concerns during the private consultations that take place with major investors.
  • (18) The FSA warned last month that City firms faced fines and public reprimands unless they could name the individuals responsible for ensuring clients' money was kept separate from overall funds.
  • (19) Only those with no deductions at all, even for a minor reprimand, are allowed to go on an end-of-term trip.
  • (20) The results indicate that the manner in which reprimands are delivered is critical in influencing children's misbehavior, but the role of nurturance during disciplinary situations is less clear.