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0 to speak angrily to someone because you disapprove of what they have said or done:
I was rebuked by my manager for being late.
The Justice Department publicly rebuked him over a leaked memorandum.
1 the act of speaking angrily to someone because you disapprove of what they have said or done, or the things that someone says to show disapproval like this :
Rebuke is the appropriate punishment in this case.
2 to criticize someone strongly because you disapprove of what the person has said or done:
He was publicly rebuked for his involvement in the scandal.