reproachment

English

Etymology

Equivalent to reproach (“to upbraid, scold”) +‎ -ment (“the result of”). More at reproach.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpɹəʊt͡ʃ.mənt/

Noun

reproachment (countable and uncountable, plural reproachments)

1. An upbraiding criticism or rebuke.
   • 2002, Mary Jane Kehily, Sexuality, Gender and Schooling: Shifting Agendas in Social Learning, [1]:

     The collective reproachment of Naomi during the course of this experience illustrates the many ways in which female sexuality can be seen as culpable.

   • 2002, Walter A. Turner, Sexuality, Fancy's Way, [2]:

     The statement was made as a fact with no reproachment indicated.

   • 2008, P. D. Fraley, Mortal Bounds, [3]:

     I laughed and said, “I, myself, am a prince. And you dare to speak to me of reproachment."

   • 2008, Karen White, The House on Tradd Street, [4]:

     Even with all of Sophie's congestion, her reproachment came through quite clearly.

   • 2011, Russ Shafer-Landau, Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Volume 6, [5]:

     On a narrow understanding, you might have most reason to reproach yourself for locking your keys in the car even though doing so is entirely permissible. On a wider understanding, you might do something impermissible, but fail to have reason to reproach yourself because of a good excuse. Even if there is a sense of reproachment that is just right, a second problem is that this analysis would seem to get things backwards, for what makes it the case that A ought to be reproached by his conscience, at least in some cases, is that he has done something impermissible, in which case impermissibility cannot be reduced to reasons to reproach.