Both Uses of
reprimand
in
Mansfield Park
- "Yes, indeed, Edmund," added her ladyship, who had been thoroughly awakened by Mrs. Norris's sharp reprimand to Fanny; "I was out above an hour.†
Chpt 7
- Her days were spent in a kind of slow bustle; all was busy without getting on, always behindhand and lamenting it, without altering her ways; wishing to be an economist, without contrivance or regularity; dissatisfied with her servants, without skill to make them better, and whether helping, or reprimanding, or indulging them, without any power of engaging their respect.†
Chpt 39 *
Definition:
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(reprimand) to criticize someone by telling them what they did wrong -- often in a formal manner