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Reproach vs Indict - What's the difference?

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Reproach is a related term of indict.


As verbs the difference between reproach and indict

is that reproach is to criticize or rebuke someone while indict is to accuse of wrongdoing; charge.

As a noun reproach

is a mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.

reproach

English

Noun

(reproaches)
  • A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=4 citation , passage=My father made no reproach in his letters and only took notice of my science by inquiring into my occupations more particularly than before.}}
  • Disgrace or shame.
  • Verb

  • To criticize or rebuke someone.
  • * Bible, 1 Peter iv. 14
  • if ye be reproached for the name of Christ
  • * Milton
  • That this newcomer, Shame, / There sit not, and reproach us as unclean.
  • * Dryden
  • Mezentius with his ardour warmed / His fainting friends, reproached their shameful flight, / Repelled the victors.
  • To disgrace, or bring shame upon someone.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I thought your marriage fit; else imputation, / For that he knew you, might reproach your life.

    Synonyms

    * (to criticize or rebuke) blame, rebuke, upbraid * (to disgrace) disgrace, dishonor * See also

    Derived terms

    * beyond reproach * reproachful

    indict

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
  • a book that indicts modern values
  • (legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
  • his former manager was indicted for fraud

    See also

    * indite