عتب

6 تَعَاْتَبَ see 3. One says, يَتَعَاتَبُونَ بِهَا ↓ بَيْنَهُمْ أُعْتُوبَةٌ [ Between them is speech with which they reprove, blame, or censure, one another ]. (S.) And اـِذَا تَعَاتَبُوا أَصْلَحَ مَا بَيْنَهُمُ العِتَابُ [ When they reprove one another in a friendly manner, the reproof rectifies, or sets right, what is amiss between them ]. (S.)