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admonish (one) for

To reprimand one for a wrongdoing. Katherine admonished Theresa for arriving late to work.

admonish someone for something

to warn or scold someone mildly for doing something. The nurse admonished the patient for not eating her dinner.

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Furthermore, it can be seen that all of the significant correlations were positive for Leadership, Helping/Friendly, Understanding, and Student Responsibility/Freedom Behaviors and were negative with Uncertain, Dissatisfied, Admonishing, and Strict behaviors.

Teacher-Student Interactions and Teacher Competence in Primary Science

Admonishing Gallacher, Sheriff Michael Meston said:

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