reprimand

t. [French réprimander, from réprimande a reprimand (q. v.).[ 1. To reprove sharply; to reprehend; to chide or rebuke for a fault. "Was heard, one genial summer's day, To reprimand them all." Cowper: Judgment of the Poets. 2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence, or order of a superior.