exprobration arch.
(ɛksprəʊˈbreɪʃən)
Also 6 exprobracion, -cyon, 6–8 exprobation.
[ad. L. exprobrātiōn-em, n. of action f. exprobrāre: see exprobrate.]
† 1. The action of ‘exprobrating’, upbraiding, or speaking reproachfully; an instance of this. Obs.
| 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 17 Remembrynge..to the exprobracyon and reproue of god, the potage potte..in Egypte. 1577 Fenton Gold. Epist. 337 To exacte recompence, is a manifest exprobation of benefits receiued. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianogr. 203 His [St. Paul's] commemoration is an exprobration to the Corinthians of their neglect of him. 1705 J. Philips Blenheim 121 Exprobrations false Of cowardice. a 1843 Southey Doctor (1849) 380 Uttering the words exultantly, not in exprobration. |
b. Rhet. (See quot.)
| 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Exprobration..in rhetoric, is the reproaching a person with ingratitude, and unmindfulness of some particular benefit conferred upon him. |
c. That which acts as a reproach, or serves the purpose of reproaching.
| 1680 Sir W. Waller Div. Medit. (1839) 150 This sun-set..is to me an exprobration. 1682 Norris Hierocles 66 If any throw him something by way of alms, that aggravates his discontent as an exprobation of his poverty. |
2. A reproachful or upbraiding utterance; reproachful language.
| 1549 Latimer 6th Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 167 He hath stirred vp the people to persecute it wyth exprobacions and slaunderous wordes. a 1600 Hooker Eccl. Pol. vi. 320 The ears of the accused [are] not always subject to glowing with contumely and exprobration. 1692 South Serm. (1697) I. 127 A denial with scorn, with taunting exprobrations. 1877 R. W. Dixon Hist. Ch. Eng. I. ii. 143 This weak exprobration [protest against the Anti-Papal statutes] itself was the last instrument of an English primate [Warham] who died legate of the Apostolic See. |