(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:44:35

Cor*rep"tion (k?r-r?p"sh?n), n. [L. correptio, fr. corripere to seize.]

Chiding; reproof; reproach.

[Obs.]

Angry, passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend. Hammond.

 

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