correption

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noun

A shortening in pronunciation.

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beratingobjurgationrixationbrowbeatingchidingchocklingdirdumdown the banks
OriginLatin correptio →
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Meanings

nouncorreption (countable and uncountable, plural correptions)

plural correptions

  1. countableuncountablecommunicationsA shortening in pronunciation.
  2. countableobsoleteuncountableA chiding, scolding; telling off.

    That I use all mildness or mansuetude in admonishing; the angry passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend.

    1647, Henry Hammond, Of Fraternal Admonition Or Correption, page 5

    Synonyms: berating, objurgation, rixation, berating, browbeating, chiding, chockling, dirdum

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA chiding, scolding; telling off.

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Also see
beratingbrowbeatingchidingchocklingdirdumdown the banksdressing downgoing overjawinglectureobjurgationrixationscoldingsermonthroughgoingvituperation

Origin

  1. Latincorreptio“seizure”
  2. Englishcorreption

From Latin correptio (“seizure”), from corripere (“to seize”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“correption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correption. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “correption,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correption.

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