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1. slap on wrist
 2. reprimand
3. rebuke
4. admonishment
5. chastisement
6. castigation
7. denunciation
8. reprehender
9. reprimander
10. reproof
 11. censure
12. censuring
13. condemnatory
14. condemner
15. denouncement
16. denouncer
17. denunciate
18. denunciative
19. exprobration
20. prohibiter
 21. proscription
22. rebuker
23. rebuking
24. recriminator
25. remonstration
26. remonstrative
27. reprehend
28. reprehension
29. reprehensive
30. reprehensory
 31. reproach
32. reproacher
33. reprobation
34. reproval
35. reprover
36. reproving
37. subiect
38. attaint

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