1. rebuke - Noun
2. rebuke - Verb
To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.
Check; rebuff.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAnd should you hear any one in the public thoroughfare, or in the midst of the forum, blaspheming God; go up to him and rebuke him; and should it be necessary to inflict blows, spare not to do so. Smite him on the face; strike his mouth; sanctify thy hand with the blow... John Chrysostom
The greatness of God is the true rebuke to the littleness of men. The greatness of Christ is the true rebuke to the littleness of Christians. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
span id=But_I_shall>But I shall let the little I have learnt go forth into the day in order that someone better than I may guess the truth, and in his work may prove and rebuke my error. At this I shall rejoice that I was yet a means whereby this truth has come to light. Albrecht Dürer
A wise man will not receive rebuke. Manx Proverb
Open rebuke is better than secret love. Biblical Proverb
A wise man will not rebuke a fool. Chinese Proverb