The act of reproaching or expressing bitter disapproval; severe rebuke or censure.
From Latin exprobratio, derived from exprobrare (to reproach). The suffix '-tion' makes this the noun form, representing the action or instance of reproaching.
Exprobration appears in Victorian literature as a favorite word of dramatic characters delivering scathing speeches—it carries the weight of indignation and hurt together, which is why writers loved its gravitas.
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