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(k?r-r?p′sh?n)

Noun.

[L.

correptio

corripere

to seize.]

Chiding; reproof; reproach.

[Obs.]

Angry, passionate

correption

being rather apt to provoke, than to amend.

Hammond.

Noun.

[L.] Chiding; reproof; reprimand.

correption ‎(countable and uncountable, plural correptions)

(obsolete) chiding; reproof; reproach
- 1647, Henry Hammond, Of Fraternal Admonition Or Correption (page 5)
  That I use all mildness or mansuetude in admonishing; the angry passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend.