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lecture(fight, dispute, censure, speech)
5
reprimand(censure, talk, caution, reproach)
5
reproof(fight, dispute, censure, speech)
4
dressing-down(censure, speech, talk, rebuff)
4
rebuke(censure, talk, reprimand, caution)
4
scolding(censure, speech, talk, rebuff)
4
tongue-lashing(fight, dispute, censure, disagreement)
3
castigation(trouble, fight, dispute, censure)
3
reproach(censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub)
3
telling-off(fight, dispute, censure, disagreement)
2
admonishment(censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub)
2
admonition(censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub)
2
bawling-out(censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub)
2
blame(censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub)
2
chiding(censure, speech, talk, rebuff)
2
comeuppance(censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub)
2
criticism(censure, reproach, reproof)
2
earful(censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub)
2
hard time(expression, censure, rebuff, reprimand)
2
objurgation(censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub)
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