correption

noun — 2 senses

correption

noun

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

1

Communications, Journalism, Literature, Media, Poetry, Publishing, Writing A shortening in pronunciation.

2

Obsolete 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.1647, Henry Hammond, Of Fraternal Admonition Or Correption, page 5:

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