To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.
To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
To instruct or direct.
To formally rebuke.
To criticize harshly.
An official reprimand.
Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.