Rasarnavasudhakara 3.272

Now, reproach:
Where, while enumerating faults, one indicates a virtue by implication,
or while praising virtues indicates faults, that is reproach.

As in the Mālatīmādhava, Lavaṅgikā [says]:
“Revered lady, he is indeed rash, having undertaken a perilous task arising from wandering in the great cremation-ground on the night of the dark fourteenth, bringing an end to the boldness of the fierce heretic's raised club-like arm. For this reason, indeed, my dear friend trembles.”

Makaranda (to himself): “Well done, Lavaṅgikā, well done! Rightly indeed has mention been made of both love and great assistance.” [After verse 6.15]

Here, although his rashness in selling human flesh is stated in the form of a fault, because it results in the virtue of producing Mādhava's love, it is reproach, since it takes the form of reproach on the surface.

The culmination in a fault despite the praise of virtues, as in the Mālatīmādhava, Madayantikā (acting accordingly) [says]:
“Or does this perverse woman feel dejected?”

Lavaṅgikā [says]:
“How indeed could my dear friend feel dejected after obtaining your brother as a husband—one who knows how to inspire confidence in a new bride, handsome, speaking cleverly and sweetly, free from anger, and not timid?”

Madayantikā [says]:
“Look, Buddharakṣitā! We are being blamed in reverse!” [At the beginning of Act 7]

Here, although there is praise of virtues at first, since it ends in a fault, this is reproach.