Rebuke /(rē̇*būk")/

Re·buke

Rebuke

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Rebuked; p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuking

  1. To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
    The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared.

Rebuke

n.
  1. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.
    For thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
    — Jer. xv. 15.
    Why bear you these rebukes and answer not?
  2. Check; rebuff. [Obs.]

Phrases & Compounds
To be without rebuke
to live without giving cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless.