(jobation)

  • 1Jobation — Jo*ba tion, n. [Prov. E. job to scold, to reprove, perh. fr. Job, the proper name.] A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof. [Law] Grose. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2jobation — index reprimand, reproach Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3jobation — noun /dʒəʊˈbeɪʃən/ An extensive rebuke or telling off; a long criticism or admonitory lecture …

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  • 4jobation — n. scolding; tedious criticism …

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  • 5jobation — jo·ba·tion …

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  • 6jobation — jōˈbāshən noun ( s) Etymology: jobe + ation chiefly Britain : a long tedious reproof : scolding, lecture …

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  • 7jawbation — jȯˈbāshən noun ( s) Etymology: alteration (influenced by jaw) (I) of jobation dialect England : a long tiresome reproof : jawing * * * jawbation /jö bāˈshən/ noun …

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  • 8reprimand — I noun admonishment, admonition, animadversion, blame, castigation, censure, chiding, condemnation, correction, criticism, denunciation, derogation, disapprobation, disapproval, displeasure, dispraise, dressing down, exception, exprobration,… …

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  • 9reproach — I noun accusation, animadversion, blame, castigation, censure, chastisement, chiding, complaint, condemnation, contempt, contumelia, contumely, correction, degradation, denouncement, denunciation, derogation, disapprobation, disapproval,… …

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  • 10Disapprobation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disapprobation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disapprobation disapprobation disapproval Sgm: N 1 improbation improbation Sgm: N 1 disesteem disesteem disvaluation displacency Sgm: N 1 odium odium Sgm: N 1 …

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