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Exprobration

Exprobration \Ex`pro*bra"tion\, n. [L. exprobration: cf. F. exprobration.] Reproachful accusation; upbraiding. [Obs.]

A fearful exprobration of our unworthiness.
--Jer. Taylor.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
exprobration

1520s, "act of upbraiding;" 1540s, "a reproachful utterance," from Latin exprobrationem (nominative exprobratio), noun of action from past participle stem of exprobrare "to make a matter of reproach," from ex- (see ex-) + probrum "shameful deed" (see opprobrious).

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exprobration

n. (context obsolete English) reproachful accusation; upbraiding