#lecture__speech__talking_to__talkingto a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
supertype: rebuke__reproof__reproval__reprehension__reprimand an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
subtype: sermon__preaching a moralistic rebuke; "your preaching is wasted on him"
subtype: curtain_lecture__curtainlecture a private lecture to a husband by his wife
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