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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
Exprobrationnoun
reproachful accusation; upbraiding
Etymology: [L. exprobration: cf. F. exprobration.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of exprobration in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of exprobration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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