reproach
Example Sentences
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“All Plaintiffs involved in this matter deserve to be represented by counsel . . . who are above reproach.”
I can tell she wants to say something else here, either a reproach or a further suggestion about something I’ve missed, but whatever it is, she bites it back.
From Literature
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When Vernice tries to persuade Annie to aim higher, she is reproached by her friend: “Stop acting like me and you knit with the same needles.”
Lawyers acting for Dean's mother have said the document appears to be a "character assassination" of both him and his family, to keep Pierce beyond reproach.
From BBC
Allies of Mahmood also said that she considers the Supreme Court's judgement on the issue of trans rights to be "beyond reproach".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.