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Definition of Reprovals
1. reproval [n] - See also: reproval
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reprovals
Literary usage of Reprovals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"(3) Tlie approvals and reprovals of conscience,—The office of conscience is
sometimes treated under too narrow a conception. Some writers, after the manner ..."
2. Papers on Psycho-analysis by Ernest Jones (1918)
"... the nature of this might be inferred from the evidence of exaggerated affect
concerning her mother's reprovals (associations to 'copper' and 'talk'). ..."
3. English Colonies in America by John Andrew Doyle (1907)
"1 Yet the same writer tells us the movement "was most violently opposed by
ministers, by magistrates, by cruel and persecuting laws, by reprovals and ..."
4. Ten Personal Studies by Wilfrid Philip Ward (1908)
"When I now re-read those which I received from him while I was yet a boy at
Harrow, I wince at his reproofs, blush at his reprovals, as though I were still ..."
5. The Ladies' Companion (1855)
"Loud talking, laughter, and the angry reprovals of the ushers, filled the
court-house with confusion. The young men made bets with each other on the verdict ..."
6. Histories of American Schools for the Deaf, 1817-1893 by Volta Bureau (U.S.), Edward Allen Fay (1893)
"HOME TRAINING OF DEAF-MUTE CHILDREN. reprovals, and l,y correcting the child's
faults in a. gentle, quiet manner, in a spirit of kindness. ..."
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