Sunday, October 4, 2009

reproach

"Nor would the shade of the skin have been any reproach at this day, for if a Moor may be washed white in three generations, surely an Indian might have been blanched in two."
page 133 Elements of Literature

I think reproach means to find fault with something or to blame.
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  1. DoolittleOctober 6, 2009 at 8:31 PM

    According to the Merriam Webester online dictionary it is an expression of rebuke or disapproval.

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