Reprove By Deane Barker • September 8, 2021 • Definition: to express disapproval; to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent Not a modern word. I can’t say I’ve ever heard this outside of a biblical reference. Why I Looked It Up Amos 5:10 from the New American Standard Bible. They hate him who reproves in the gate, And they abhor him who speaks with integrity.