talking to

1. A lengthy rebuke (synset 106726869)
   "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
   is a type of: rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure
   subtypes:

   • preaching, sermon - a moralistic rebuke
   • curtain lecture - a private lecture to a husband by his wife
   same as: lecture, speech

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