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Censure

Censure Meaning & Definition
Censure Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Censure?

[n] harsh criticism or disapproval
[n] the state of being excommunicated
[v] rebuke formally

Synonyms | Synonyms for Censure: animadversion | criminate | exclusion | excommunication | reprimand

Related Terms | Find terms related to Censure: accuse | anathema | anathematize | anathematizing | anathemize | animadvert on | annotate | approval | arraign | arraignment | aspersion | assail | assault | attack | attaint | badge of infamy | bar sinister | baton | bend sinister | bespatter | black eye | black mark | blacken | blacklist | blame | blot | blow upon | blur | book review | brand | bring home to | broad arrow | call to account | cast blame upon | cast reflection upon | castigation | champain | citation | comment | complain against | condemn | condemnation | contemn | convict | conviction | criminate | critical bibliography | critical journal | critical notice | criticism | criticize | critique | cry down | cry out against | cry out on | cry shame upon | damn | damnation | death sentence | death warrant | decrial | decry | defame | defile | denounce | denouncement | denunciate | denunciation | disallow | disapprove | disdain | disparage | disparagement | doom | excommunicate | excommunication | excoriation | expose | expose to infamy | find guilty | flaying | fulminate against | fulmination | fustigation | gibbet | guilty verdict | hang in effigy | impeach | impeachment | implicate | implication | impugn | impugnment | imputation | incriminate | incrimination | inculpate | inculpation | indict | indictment | inveigh against | involve | involvement | judgment | knock | literary criticism | mark of Cain | moralize upon | notice | onus | oppose | pass sentence on | penalize | pillory | pillorying | point champain | pronounce judgment | pronounce sentence | proscribe | proscription | rap | rebuke | reflect upon | reflection | reject | report | reprehend | reprehension | reprimand | reproach | reprobate | reprobation | reprove | review | scorn | scout | sentence | shake up | skin | skinning alive | slur | smear | smirch | smudge | smutch | soil | spot | stain | stigma | stigmatism | stigmatization | stigmatize | strafe | stricture | sully | taint | tarnish | verdict of guilty | vilify

See Also | animadvert | condemnation | criticise | criticize | disapprobation | interdict | pick apart | rejection

Censure In Webster's Dictionary

\Cen"sure\, n. [L. censura fr. censere: cf. F. censure. Cf. {Censor}.] 1. Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. [Obs.] Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. --Shak. 2. The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame. Both the censure and the praise were merited. --Macaulay. 3. Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment. Excommunication or other censure of the church. --Bp. Burnet. Syn: Blame; reproof; condemnation; reprobation; disapproval; disapprobation; reprehension; animadversion; reprimand; reflection; dispraise; abuse.
\Cen"sure\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Censured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Censuring}.] [Cf. F. ensurer.] 1. To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge. [Obs.] ``Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.'' --Beau. & Fl. 2. To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of. I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty. --Shak. 3. To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence. --Shak. Syn: To blame; reprove; rebuke; condemn; reprehend; reprimand.
\Cen"sure\, v. i. To judge. [Obs.] --Shak.

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