to be without rebuke

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to be without rebuke - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rebuke \Re*buke"\ (r[-e]*b[=u]k"), n.
     1. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also,
        chastisement; punishment.
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              For thy sake I have suffered rebuke.  --Jer. xv. 15.
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              Why bear you these rebukes and answer not? --Shak.
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     2. Check; rebuff. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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     To be without rebuke, to live without giving cause of
        reproof or censure; to be blameless.
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