reprobation
Example Sentences
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Public shaming and reprobation of a "perpetrator" is something new, and changes all the rules.
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2018
His defense of the truth, however, apparently was enough to earn him Gingrich’s reprobation.
From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2017
The EPA deserved reprobation after the Gold King Mine spill, but today should get recognition for keeping its promise to list the project as a national Superfund priority.
From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2016
Cardinal Luque referred to the riot as "those unspeakable happenings that merit all our reprobation because of their seriousness and the notably criminal circumstances surrounding them, and because they symbolize an alarming social disintegration."
From Time Magazine Archive
There was no police investigation nor social reprobation.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
