exprobratory

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adjective

Expressing, or relating to, exprobration.

OriginLatin exprōbrātus →
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Meanings

adjectiveexprobratory (comparative more exprobratory, superlative most exprobratory)

comparative more exprobratory · superlative most exprobratory

  1. Expressing, or relating to, exprobration.

Synonyms & antonyms

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exprobrative

Origin

  1. Latinexprōbrātus
  2. Englishexprobratory

From Latin exprōbrātus (“reproached”) + -ory, past participle of exprōbrō (“to reproach, upbraid or reprove”), from ex- + probrum (“disgrace, shame”) (whence ex-).

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APA

exprobratory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exprobratory

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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