deserving reproof

deserving reproof
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  • guilty — 1 adj guilt·i·er, est 1: having committed a crime: justly charged with a specified crime guilty of larceny 2: involving guilt or culpability guilty knowledge guilty 2 n 1: a plea of a c …   Law dictionary

  • reprehensible — I adjective accusable, bad, base, blamable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, chargeable, condemnable, convictable, criminal, culpa dignus, culpable, delinquent, deserving censure, deserving reproof, discreditable, disgraceful, disgusting,… …   Law dictionary

  • reprovable — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French reprouvable, from reprouver, reprover to reprove + able obsolete : deserving reproof or censure : blameworthy, reprehensible …   Useful english dictionary

  • rep´re|hen´si|bly — rep|re|hen|si|ble «REHP rih HEHN suh buhl», adjective. deserving reproof, blame, or rebuke: »Cheating is a reprehensible act. SYNONYM(S): blameworthy, culpable. –rep´re|hen´si|bly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • rep|re|hen|si|ble — «REHP rih HEHN suh buhl», adjective. deserving reproof, blame, or rebuke: »Cheating is a reprehensible act. SYNONYM(S): blameworthy, culpable. –rep´re|hen´si|bly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • re|prov|a|ble — «rih PROO vuh buhl», adjective. deserving reproof …   Useful english dictionary

  • un|re|prov|a|ble — «UHN rih PROO vuh buhl», adjective. nreprovable; not deserving reproof; without reproach; not liable to be justly censured …   Useful english dictionary

  • blame — blamer, n. /blaym/, v., blamed, blaming, n. v.t. 1. to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don t blame you for leaving him. 2. to place the responsibility for (a fault, error, etc.) (usually fol. by on): I blame the accident on her. 3.… …   Universalium

  • reprehensible — reprehensibility, reprehensibleness, n. reprehensibly, adv. /rep ri hen seuh beuhl/, adj. deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy. [1350 1400; ME < LL reprehensibilis, equiv. to L reprehens(us) (ptp. of reprehendere to REPREHEND) +… …   Universalium

  • reprovable — reprovableness, n. /ri prooh veuh beuhl/, adj. deserving of reproof. [1300 50; ME < MF, equiv. to reprov(er) to REPROVE + able ABLE] * * * …   Universalium

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