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Definition of censure in English: censureverb ˈsɛnʃəˈsɛn(t)ʃər [with object]Express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement. the company was heavily censured by inspectors from the Department of Trade shareholders censured the bank for its extravagance Example sentencesExamples - It could have expressed dismay at Pringle's obvious lack of race awareness, censured him, and sent him on a training course.
- Meanwhile he had been recalled to Adelaide and summoned before a Royal Commission where he was censured and criticized.
- But I don't think that censuring the white authors is the answer.
- In recent years North Yorkshire police were condemned for establishing a canteen culture and county ambulance service chiefs were censured for bullying.
- Broadcast watchdogs have censured him for swearing on his former BBC Radio 1 afternoon show.
- Respect for minority rights is definitely important, but she was being overly sensitive in censuring this community-building event with her flimsy, misguided affirmative action notions.
- The external relations officer asserted that if the board censured him, they would be preventing him from fulfilling his duties.
- When the Islamic religion is censured, who will stand up to defend it?
- Female students were censured for eating apples ‘too seductively’ in public.
- Her look censured his absence from the homestay - and her - the previous day.
- Donald Dewar personally censured ministers for failing to observe collective responsibility and leaking to the press.
- Charney has been criticised for paradoxically censuring the exploitation of the worker, while pushing the instrumental use of sexuality and women.
- In 2004, he published a controversial book censuring the power of the media in Britain.
- Chao also pointed to the Ministry of Finance for ‘lapses in its supervisory responsibilities,’ adding that the Control Yuan does not rule out censuring the ministry.
- Since when should an MP be censured for saying something that is offensive to some portion of society?
- My Latin temper snaps, and I'm censured by a security guard.
- However, there is no reason why a human system for judging and formally censuring the behaviour of others should be a slave to the vagaries of chance.
- The last three were to become cardinals and the first two were eventually censured by the Church.
- The dramatic departures come after Cllr Holden and Cllr Smith were censured last month by the Standards Board.
- However, recently he was censured for dangling his baby son Bob near the open jaws of a crocodile and forced to make an apology to his millions of fans.
Synonyms criticize, condemn, castigate, chastise, lambaste, pillory, savage, find fault with, fulminate against, abuse condemn, criticize, castigate, chastise, lambaste, pillory, savage, attack, find fault with, fulminate against, abuse
noun ˈsɛnʃəˈsɛn(t)ʃər mass nounThe formal expression of severe disapproval. two MPs were singled out for censure count noun despite episcopal censures, the practice continued Example sentencesExamples - Only Beckett seems to have escaped censure, because of his elegance and self-restraint.
- If the teacher refuses to do so, he will be open to public censure and criticism from his superiors, further warnings and potential expulsion.
- He assailed any attempt to single out ‘only one country in the world, Israel, for censure and abuse’.
- In both cases, strong censure of practitioners followed public attention.
- I'm surprised that the council leader has had no word of censure for the embarrassment caused to his administration for this abuse of office.
- In the boycott by the Association of University Teachers, what has been expressed is not criticism or censure but vilification.'
- Dr Lederman accepted his censure, reprimand and a £2,777 fine, documents show.
- There are lawyers who admitted to taking their clients money, and yet they receive no censure, nor have their licence lifted to practice law.
- If your father allows you to swear at your mother without censure, it's horrible and reprehensible, but a private matter.
- Both men, in previous guises, have drawn severe judicial censure, for their actions against the CFMEU.
- Her photos of circus freaks and those on the margins of society earned her praise as well as censure from critics.
- The South African document singles out the trans-Atlantic slave trade for censure.
- I would not want the U.S. Senate to write a resolution of censure against you as a Jewish man.
- The point made by the Israeli NGOs and delegations was; why single out Israel for censure?
- Louise McMullan, one of the officers singled out for censure, claimed that the protest had been a success and wanted to thank all those who took part.
- Mr. Wilson disappoints and offers gossip, censure and critical summary.
- Each of the terrible ten is accompanied by a helpful little paragraph explaining just why it merits our censure.
- The investigation ended with much tongue-wagging but no formal censure.
- China, which prides itself in its trade with the U.S., is the favorite target of disapproval and censure.
- His sometimes droll remarks might annoy some readers, but to me they seem a very effective way of delivering not just censure but also ridicule.
Synonyms condemnation, criticism, attack, abuse, revilement reprimand, rebuke, admonishment, admonition, reproof, reproval, upbraiding, castigation, berating, denunciation, disapproval, reproach, scolding, chiding, reprehension, obloquy, vituperation rare excoriation, objurgation
Usage Censure and censor, although quite different in meaning, are frequently confused. Both words can function as verbs and nouns, but censure means ‘express severe disapproval of’ (the country was censured for human rights abuses) or ‘the expression of severe disapproval’, while censor means ‘examine (a book, film, etc.) and suppress unacceptable parts of it’ (the letters she received were censored) or ‘an official who censors books, films, etc.’ Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'judicial sentence'): from Old French censurer (verb), censure (noun), from Latin censura 'judgement, assessment', from censere 'assess'. Rhymes adventure, bencher, dementia, front-bencher, trencher, venture, wencher Definition of censure in US English: censureverbˈsɛn(t)ʃərˈsen(t)SHər [with object]Express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement. a judge was censured in 1983 for a variety of types of injudicious conduct Example sentencesExamples - Since when should an MP be censured for saying something that is offensive to some portion of society?
- In 2004, he published a controversial book censuring the power of the media in Britain.
- Donald Dewar personally censured ministers for failing to observe collective responsibility and leaking to the press.
- It could have expressed dismay at Pringle's obvious lack of race awareness, censured him, and sent him on a training course.
- The last three were to become cardinals and the first two were eventually censured by the Church.
- Charney has been criticised for paradoxically censuring the exploitation of the worker, while pushing the instrumental use of sexuality and women.
- However, recently he was censured for dangling his baby son Bob near the open jaws of a crocodile and forced to make an apology to his millions of fans.
- But I don't think that censuring the white authors is the answer.
- In recent years North Yorkshire police were condemned for establishing a canteen culture and county ambulance service chiefs were censured for bullying.
- Broadcast watchdogs have censured him for swearing on his former BBC Radio 1 afternoon show.
- However, there is no reason why a human system for judging and formally censuring the behaviour of others should be a slave to the vagaries of chance.
- Meanwhile he had been recalled to Adelaide and summoned before a Royal Commission where he was censured and criticized.
- Respect for minority rights is definitely important, but she was being overly sensitive in censuring this community-building event with her flimsy, misguided affirmative action notions.
- Chao also pointed to the Ministry of Finance for ‘lapses in its supervisory responsibilities,’ adding that the Control Yuan does not rule out censuring the ministry.
- Her look censured his absence from the homestay - and her - the previous day.
- Female students were censured for eating apples ‘too seductively’ in public.
- My Latin temper snaps, and I'm censured by a security guard.
- The external relations officer asserted that if the board censured him, they would be preventing him from fulfilling his duties.
- When the Islamic religion is censured, who will stand up to defend it?
- The dramatic departures come after Cllr Holden and Cllr Smith were censured last month by the Standards Board.
Synonyms criticize, condemn, castigate, chastise, lambaste, pillory, savage, find fault with, fulminate against, abuse condemn, criticize, castigate, chastise, lambaste, pillory, savage, attack, find fault with, fulminate against, abuse
nounˈsɛn(t)ʃərˈsen(t)SHər The expression of formal disapproval. angry delegates offered a resolution of censure against the offenders they paid the price in social ostracism and family censure Example sentencesExamples - In both cases, strong censure of practitioners followed public attention.
- If the teacher refuses to do so, he will be open to public censure and criticism from his superiors, further warnings and potential expulsion.
- In the boycott by the Association of University Teachers, what has been expressed is not criticism or censure but vilification.'
- I'm surprised that the council leader has had no word of censure for the embarrassment caused to his administration for this abuse of office.
- I would not want the U.S. Senate to write a resolution of censure against you as a Jewish man.
- China, which prides itself in its trade with the U.S., is the favorite target of disapproval and censure.
- The investigation ended with much tongue-wagging but no formal censure.
- Louise McMullan, one of the officers singled out for censure, claimed that the protest had been a success and wanted to thank all those who took part.
- Mr. Wilson disappoints and offers gossip, censure and critical summary.
- There are lawyers who admitted to taking their clients money, and yet they receive no censure, nor have their licence lifted to practice law.
- He assailed any attempt to single out ‘only one country in the world, Israel, for censure and abuse’.
- Dr Lederman accepted his censure, reprimand and a £2,777 fine, documents show.
- Only Beckett seems to have escaped censure, because of his elegance and self-restraint.
- The South African document singles out the trans-Atlantic slave trade for censure.
- Her photos of circus freaks and those on the margins of society earned her praise as well as censure from critics.
- The point made by the Israeli NGOs and delegations was; why single out Israel for censure?
- If your father allows you to swear at your mother without censure, it's horrible and reprehensible, but a private matter.
- His sometimes droll remarks might annoy some readers, but to me they seem a very effective way of delivering not just censure but also ridicule.
- Each of the terrible ten is accompanied by a helpful little paragraph explaining just why it merits our censure.
- Both men, in previous guises, have drawn severe judicial censure, for their actions against the CFMEU.
Synonyms condemnation, criticism, attack, abuse, revilement, disapproval
Usage On the difference in meaning between censure and censor, see censor Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘judicial sentence’): from Old French censurer (verb), censure (noun), from Latin censura ‘judgement, assessment’, from censere ‘assess’. |