objurgation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun rebuking a person harshly
    chiding; tongue-lashing; scolding.

WordNet

Ob`jur*ga"tion noun
Etymology
L. objurgatio: cf.F.objurgation.
Definitions
  1. The act of objurgating; reproof.
    While the good lady was bestowing this objurgation on Mr.Ben Allen. Dickens.
    With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs. Landor.

Webster 1913