unreprovingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈpruːvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈpruvɪŋ/ Not reproving.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [adjective] > not objecting to or censuring
unreprovinga1555
unreproachful1653
underogatory1659
unreproaching1686
uncensoriousa1711
unupbraiding1780
a1555 J. Bradford in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 448 He that gathereth not wt Christ (as no masse seer vnreprouyng it doth) scattereth abroade.
1632 E. Reynolds Explic. 110th Psalme 205 A partiall, unsearching and unreproving Minister is one of Gods curses and scourges against a place.
1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xxviii. 15 Here dwells kind Ease and unreproving Joy.
1788 E. Hervey Melissa & Marcia I. vi. 180 Be as chearful as you please, but carry an unreproving conscience.
1847 E. B. Browning Woman's Shortcomings in Eclectic Mag. Foreign Lit., Sci., & Art Feb. 284/1 She..Hears bold words, unreproving.
1966 Life 11 Mar. 81/2 The moral climate of San Francisco can be described as ‘permissively hip’—unreproving, worldly, yet disarmingly innocent.
2007 G. Mercer Tanzania (ed. 3) v. 83/1 For those who just want to relax, its air of unreproving indolence..can be a virtue in itself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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