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4. subjugation, subjection, enthrallment, enslavement, slavery, captivity, bondage; oppression, ruling with a high or iron hand, ruling with a rod of iron; tyranny, U.S. (usu. of politics) bossism, dictatorship, despotism, sovereignty, supremacy; ascendancy, authority, influence, power, mastery, the whip or upper hand; domineeringness, browbeating, intimidating, intimidation; bullying, riding roughshod over, riding herd on.
reprieve, v. 1. respite, remit, stay, grant a stay of execution, let off, Inf. let off the hook; continue, grant an extension, Finance, extend, Commerce, indulge; postpone, defer, prorogue, adjourn, suspend, intermit, lay over, put off, stave off, shelve, table, hold in abeyance, reschedule; delay, stall, wait, hold off, procrastinate; stem, check, hold up.
2. relieve, alleviate, allay, assuage, mitigate, palliate; commute, ease up or off, slacken up, loosen up, relax, grant a breathing spell, Archaic, slake.
-n. 3. respite, remission, stay, stay of execution,
protraction, extension, continuation, Law. continuance; postponement, deferment, deferral, delay, prorogation, suspension, abeyance, adjournment, intermission.
4. relief, alleviation, assuagement, mitigation, palliation; easing up or off, slackening up, loosening up, relaxation, hiatus, breather, breathing spell, Inf letup, Rom. Cath. Ch. dispensation,
reprimand, n. 1. reproof, reproval, reproach, rebuke, rating; castigation, upbraiding, Inf dressing down, Inf trimming, scolding, U.S. Inf. bawling out, tongue-lashing, hell; chastisement, rap on the knuckles, slap on the face; talking-to, lecture, admonishment, warning; condemnation, censure, reprehension, animadversion, criticism, remonstration, remonstrance; disapprobation, disapproval, objection, disparagement, deprecation; denunciation, denouncing, tirade, philippic, execration, invective; objurgation, berating, vituperation, contumely; reprobation, imprecation, fulmination, detraction, derogation; stricture, aspersion, obloquy, traducement, defamation, vilification, vilipending; inveighing, declamation; blame, accusation, imputation, indictment.
-v. 2. reprove, reproach, rebuke, rate, reprehend, castigate, chastise; upbraid, Inf. dress down, Inf trim, scold, chide, U.S. Inf. bawl out, SI. chew out, tongue-lash; Inf. give [s.o.] a piece of one's mind, Inf. tell [s.o.] a thing or two, tell off, tell [s.o.] where to get off, take [s.o.] to task, call down, SI. give [s.o.] the business, give [s.o.] hell, SI. lay [s.o.] out in lavender, Inf. rake over the coals, Inf. skin alive, SI. pin [s.o.'s] ears back, Inf. blast, Inf. jump on or all over, throw [s.t.] in [s.o.'s] face or teeth; call to account, bring to book, call on the carpet, read the riot act; talk to, lecture, admonish, warn; condemn, censure, reprobate, criticize, remonstrate, animadvert on; denounce, de-nunciate, objurgate, berate, vituperate; blame, charge, accuse, impute, indict; inveigh against, rail against, decry, declaim, run down, fulminate against; lash, vilify, curse, revile, vilipend.
reprint, n. new edition, second edition, republication, reissue, reimpression, reproduction; offprint, separate, copy, duplicate, facsimile, replica, Inf. ditto.
reprisal, n. retaliation, revenge, retribution, redress, paying back, vengeance, vendetta; counterblow, counterattack, recrimination; requital, vindication, satisfaction, compensation, reparation, restitution, indemnification, indemnity, repayment, recompense; tit for tat, Latin, quid pro quo, a Roland for an Oliver, blow for a blow, tooth for a tooth, eye for an eye, lex talionis.
reproach, v. 1. find fault with, blame, censure, reprehend, criticize; reprove, rebuke, scold, upbraid, call to account, reprimand. See - reprimand (def. 2).
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