A publlc and formal censure or severe reproof, administered to a person In fault by hls superior officer or by a body to which he belongs. Thus, a member of a legislative body may be reprimanded by the presiding officer, in pursuance of a vote of censure, for improper conduct in the house. So a military ofiicer, In some cases, is pun-lshed by a reprimand administered by hls commanding officer, or by the secretary of war
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
