Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not rebuked for a fault or misdeed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not reproved; not censured.
- Not liable to reproof or blame.
- Not disproved.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not reproved.
- adjective obsolete Not having incurred reproof, blameless.
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- adjective Not
reproved .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I thought only of your impatience, and the people waiting, and the pleasure of days to come when, free from this intolerable bond, I could keep my place at your side and bear your name unreproved and taste to the full the awe and delight of a passion such as few women ever feel, because few women were ever loved by
The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair Anna Katharine Green 1890
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I thought only of your impatience, and the people waiting, and the pleasure of days to come when, free from this intolerable bond, I could keep my place at your side and bear your name unreproved and taste to the full the awe and delight of a passion such as few women ever feel, because few women were ever loved by a man like you.
The Filigree Ball 1903
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Similarly Milton has 'unreproved' for 'not reprovable,'
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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But the pleasures of _L'Allegro_ begin with the sun-rise and yet are "unreproved"; those of _Comus_ and his crew begin with the darkness and are "unreproved" only if "these dun shades will ne'er report" them.
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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The pain of sitting on the narrow bench was such that often he got up and walked about, unreproved by the telescreen.
Nineteen Eighty-four 2008
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The pain of sitting on the narrow bench was such that often he got up and walked about, unreproved by the telescreen.
Nineteen Eighty-four 2008
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The highest end of the board, the most commodious settle by the fire, — these were the only marks of distinction; and the servants mingled, with deference indeed, but unreproved and with freedom, in whatever conversation was going forward.
The Monastery 2008
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Median fashion by women and eunuchs, which led to their becoming such as people do become when they are brought up unreproved.
Laws 2006
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Should such men go unreproved, unchecked, by wandering baronets incognito?
The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll Herbert George 2006
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There is a privacy in this intercourse which allows things to slip out unreproved that would have been in doubtful taste had they been spoken in public.
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