Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Objurgation \Ob`jur*ga"tion\, n. [L. objurgatio: cf.F.
   objurgation.]
   The act of objurgating; reproof.

         While the good lady was bestowing this objurgation on
         Mr.Ben Allen.                            --Dickens.

         With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs.
                                                  --Landor.

Source : WordNet®

objurgation
     n : rebuking a person harshly [syn: {chiding}, {scolding}, {tongue-lashing}]