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Definition
criticize severely; or such criticism
- As night approached, it proving impossible to quell her insubordination by rebuke or threats of punishment, Master Brackett, the jailer, thought fit to introduce a physician.Chapter 4 — The Interview (3% in)
- I know not that I especially needed the lesson, either in the way of warning or rebuke; but at any rate, I learned it thoroughly: nor, it gives me pleasure to reflect, did the truth, as it came home to my perception, ever cost me a pang, or require to be thrown off in a sigh.Introductory (57% in)
- The frown, the harsh rebuke, the frequent application of the rod, enjoined by Scriptural authority, were used, not merely in the way of punishment for actual offences, but as a wholesome regimen for the growth and promotion of all childish virtues.Chapter 6 — Pearl (25% in)
- They fancied him the mouth-piece of Heaven's messages of wisdom, and rebuke, and love.Chapter 11 — The Interior of a Heart (49% in)
There are no more uses of "rebuke" in The Scarlet Letter.
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