reprimand
B2CEFR level
50/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
A formal expression of disapproval delivered by an authority.
The youth was given a reprimand rather than being charged for the first minor offence.
Business verb
To rebuke someone formally for a fault or breach of conduct.
She was reprimanded in writing for missing three compliance deadlines in a row.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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