All 5 Uses

reprove
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Her father and female guardian were incessantly busy in pursuit of her,—but, when caught, she melted from them again like a summer cloud; and as no word of chiding or reproof ever fell on her ear for whatever she chose to do, she pursued her own way all over the boat.†
Chpt 1.14 *

reproof = criticism
"Cousin Augustine," said Miss Ophelia, seriously, and laying down her knitting-work, "I suppose I deserve that you should reprove my short-comings.†
Chpt 2.19

reprove = criticize
But, then, my conduct is so inconsistent with my profession, I don't wonder you reprove me.†
Chpt 2.19
They soon heard loud exclamations from Miss Ophelia's room, which, like the one in which they were sitting, opened on to the verandah and violent reproof addressed to somebody.†
Chpt 2.25

reproof = criticism
Boisterous, unruly, and tyrannical, he despised all her counsel, and would none of her reproof; and, at an early age, broke from her, to seek his fortunes at sea.†
Chpt 2.35

Definitions:

(1) (reprove)
express disapproval or criticism -- typically in a mild manner & sometimes even in a friendly manner
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely (though often from Shakespeare), the form reproof describes punishment rather than merely criticism.