n. 25B6; verb he was publicly reprimanded : REBUKE, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, berate, take to task, lambaste, give someone a piece of one's mind, haul over the coals, lecture, criticize, censure; informal tell off, give someone a telling-off, give someone a talking-to, dress down, give someone a dressing-down, give someone an earful, give someone a roasting, rap over the knuckles, slap someone's wrist, bawl out, pitch into, lay into, lace into, blast; Brit. informal tick off, carpet, tear off a strip, give someone what for, give someone a wigging, give someone a rocket, give someone a rollicking; N. Amer. informal chew out, ream out; Austral. informal monster; formal castigate; dated give someone a rating; rare reprehend, objurgate.
praise.
25B6; noun they received a severe reprimand : REBUKE, reproof, admonishment, admonition, reproach, reproval, scolding, upbraiding, censure; informal telling-off, rap over the knuckles, slap on the wrist, flea in one's ear, dressing-down, earful, roasting, tongue-lashing; Brit. informal ticking-off, carpeting, wigging, rocket, rollicking; formal castigation; dated rating.
commendation.