exprobration

noun

1. Reproachful accusation; upbraiding.

   obsolete

   For it will, it must needs be a fearful exprobration of our unworthiness, when the Judge himself shall bear witness against us, that the wisdom of God himself was strangely employed in bringing us safely to felicity.

Where it comes from

From Latin exprōbrātiō (whence -ion), from exprōbrō (“to reproach, upbraid or reprove”), from ex- + probrum (“disgrace, shame”) (whence ex-). Compare French exprobration. By surface analysis, exprobrate + -ion.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry exprobration (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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