Vocabulary
Reprimand
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
An often public or Formal expression of disapproval.
Urdu meaning
سرزنش یا مذمت کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- In what was seen as a reprimand to the European Union, Foreign Minister S.
- Moreover, polio teams must be empowered to report every refusal without fear of reprimand.
- In 2023, he sent me a long email about how he raised his children in a joint family system in the late 1970s in a caring mohallah where elders had as much right to reprimand children as he did.
- HE ECP has once again earned a detailed reprimand from the Supreme Court, this time over its decision to de-seat an independent lawmaker whom the ruling PML-N had claimed` as one of their own.
- HE ECP has once again earned a detailed reprimand from the Supreme Court, this time over its decision to de-seat an independent lawmaker whom the ruling PML-N had claimed` as one of their own.
Synonyms
rebuke, reproof, admonishment, admonition,
Antonyms
praise, commendation
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