administer a rebuke

administer a rebuke
index admonish (warn), blame, censure

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  • administer — administer, dispense come into comparison because they are used in certain idiomatic phrases, similar in wording but not always equivalent in meaning, such as administer justice or dispense justice; administer a medicine or dispense medicine;… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • rebuke — I n. 1) to administer, deliver, give a rebuke 2) to draw, receive a rebuke 3) a mild; scathing, sharp, stern, stinging rebuke 4) a rebuke to II v. 1) to rebuke mildly; sharply, sternly 2) (D; tr.) to rebuke for (to rebuke smb. for sloppy work) *… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • administer — UK [ədˈmɪnɪstə(r)] / US [ədˈmɪnɪstər] verb [transitive] Word forms administer : present tense I/you/we/they administer he/she/it administers present participle administering past tense administered past participle administered 1) a) to be… …   English dictionary

  • administer — v. 1 tr. attend to the running of (business affairs etc.); manage. 2 tr. a be responsible for the implementation of (the law, justice, punishment, etc.). b Eccl. give out, or perform the rites of (a sacrament). c (usu. foll. by to) direct the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • blame — I (culpability) noun accusal, accusation, blameworthiness, castigation, censurability, censurableness, censure, chargeability, condemnation, crimination, criticism, culpa, culpableness, damnation, decrial, delation, delinquency, denouncement,… …   Law dictionary

  • censure — cen·sure / sen chər/ n: an expression of official disapproval a House resolution approving a censure of the representative censure vt Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • admonish — I (advise) verb admonere, advocate, alert, call attention to, charge, correct, counsel, enjoin, exhort, give advice, give counsel, give notice, inform, instruct, notify, offer counsel, prescribe, propound, recommend, submit, suggest, urge II… …   Law dictionary

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  • Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural… …   Universalium

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