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Painful rebuke (4)

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I believe the answer is:

slap

'painful rebuke' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for slap that I've seen before include "Hit with the palm" , "Strike action" , "Mild punishment" , "Sharp smack" , "Hit with an open hand" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, the Wall Street Journal and the L.A. Times Daily.
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