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/ɹɪˈpɹuːf/ · noun
An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition..
You could not give me a greater reproof for the mistake I fell into. It was all my doing, I know. I have not forgotten it, I assure you.
On at least one such occasion, in L.N.E.R. days, I discovered later that what I had written was precisely what the authorities wanted to be said, though it would have been highly impolitic for my chief to have given me this information rather than the formal reproof that I received!
We need to reproof the book before publication.
Use reproof when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Reproof means An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition..
Common synonyms include rebuke, reprimand, chide, berate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
You could not give me a greater reproof for the mistake I fell into. It was all my doing, I know. I have not forgotten it, I assure you.
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