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Rebuke
- noun - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
- 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"
- tell off
Recure
- - To arrive at; to reach; to attain.
Recuse
- verb - challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law
- disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
Reduce
- verb - be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
- be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery"
- cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
- cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living"
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant"
- make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"
- make smaller; "reduce an image"
- narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"
Refuge
- noun - a safe place; "He ran to safety"
- a shelter from danger or hardship
- act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"
- something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"
Refuse
- noun -
- Denied
- deny or contradict
- elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
- food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
- litter
- refuse entrance or membership; "
- refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ;
- show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
Refute
- verb - overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"
- prove to be false or incorrect
Relume
- - To rekindle; to light again.
Repute
- noun - look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
- the state of being held in high esteem and honor