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correption

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From Latin correptio (“seizure”), from corripere (“to seize”).

noun correptions

countable, uncountable A shortening in pronunciation.
countable, obsolete, uncountable A chiding, scolding; telling off. That I use all mildness or mansuetude in admonishing; the angry passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend.
Similar: berating, objurgation, rixation, browbeating, chiding, chockling, correption, dirdum, down the banks, dressing down, going over, jawing

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@misc{correption_2026,
  title = {correption},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/correption},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}