Reprimand /(r?p"r?-m?nd)/

1. Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.

   Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.

imp. & p. p. Reprimanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprimanding

1. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.

   Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission.

2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.