exprobration

noun

ex·​pro·​bra·​tion

plural -s

archaic

: an act or an instance of exprobrating : reproach

Word History

Etymology

Middle English exprobracioun, from Latin exprobration-, exprobratio, from exprobratus + -ion-, -io -ion

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