Rebuke

1. rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand (verb)
   an act or expression of criticism and censure
   "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
2. call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast (verb)
   censure severely or angrily
   "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
3. rebuke (Noun)
   A harsh criticism.
4. rebuke (Verb)
   To criticise harshly; to reprove.
5. Rebuke 
   In English law and the canon law of the Church of England, a rebuke is a censure on a member of the clergy. It is the least severe censure available against clergy of the Church of England, less severe than a monition. A rebuke can be given in person by a bishop or by an ecclesiastical court.

Origin: From rebuken, from rebuker, from re- + *, buchier, buschier, from busche, from buska, of origin, from Old , , from buskaz. More at re-, bush.