Both Uses
rebuke
in
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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- The Lafayette stood on the far side of the square in silent rebuke to Joe.†
p. 260.8rebuke = criticize severely; or such criticism
- The column had never been much more than a bland recitation of guest lists, but its disappearance provoked a stinging rebuke from one of Savannah's leading socialites, Mrs. Vera Dutton Strong.†
p. 337.2 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(rebuke) criticize severely; or such criticism
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In archaic literature, you may see rebuke used in a sense of "to check" or "repress."