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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Exprobrationnoun

    Scornful charge; reproachful accusation; act of upbraiding.

    Etymology: from exprobrate.

    The only goodness we glory in, is to find out somewhat whereby we may judge others to be ungodly: each other’s fault we observe as matter of exprobration, and not of grief. Richard Hooker, Sermons, Preface.

    The Parthians, with exprobration of Crassus’s thirst after money, poured molten gold into his mouth after he was dead. George Abbot, Description of the World.

    It will be a denial with scorn, with a taunting exprobration; and to be miserable without commiseration, is the height of misery. Robert South, Sermons.

    No need such boasts, or exprobrations false
    Of cowardice: the military mound
    The British files transcend in evil hour
    For their proud foes. Phillips.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Exprobrationnoun

    reproachful accusation; upbraiding

  2. Etymology: [L. exprobration: cf. F. exprobration.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of exprobration in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of exprobration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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