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Definition of Rebukes

Rebuke
Rebuke Re*buke", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebuked; p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuking.] [OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher; perhaps fr. pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L. bucca cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth of; hence, to stop, obstruct.] To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish. The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared. --Dryden. Syn: To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence. See Reprove.

Meaning of Rebukes from wikipedia

- places the subject was expected to wear sackcloth. From the 1770s private rebukes were increasingly administered by the kirk session, particularly for men...
- Retrieved 21 May 2017. "Iran's Khamenei hits out at Rafsanjani in rare public rebuke". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved...
- Satana). In the temptation of Jesus, in Matthew 4 and Luke 4:8, Jesus rebukes "the tempter" (Gr****: ὁ πειραζῶν, ho peirazōn) or "the devil" (Gr****: ὁ...
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- Harlem Renaissance developed an independent tradition of literature that rebuked a history of inequality and celebrated black culture. An important cultural...
- held responsible for the Cultural Revolution. The Cultural Revolution was rebuked, with millions rehabilitated. Deng Xiaoping took power in 1978, and instituted...
- Times. 23 December 2014. "Ukraine Ends 'Nonaligned' Status, Earning Quick Rebuke From Russia". The Wall Street Journal. 23 December 2014. "Teixeira: Ukraine's...
- clearly aware that the tides would not obey him and staging the scene to rebuke the flattery of his courtiers. There are also earlier parallels in Celtic...
- the judiciary's constitutional authority. His attacks on the courts drew rebukes from observers, including sitting federal judges, concerned about the effect...
- The Stalwarts were a faction of the Republican Party that existed briefly in the United States during and after Reconstruction and the Gilded Age during...