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cen·sure
I. \ˈsenchə(r) sometimes -nˌshu̇(ə)r or -u̇ə, chiefly substand -n(t)sə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin censura, from censēre to assess — more at censor
1. : a judgment involving condemnation:
a. : spiritual chastisement by an ecclesiastical agency
< acts receiving public censure of the church >
b. : sentence of punishment by civil or military authority
< awaiting the censure of the ruling council >
2. : censorship
3. archaic : opinion, judgment
< will you go to give your censures in this weighty business — Shakespeare >
4. : adverse judgment : the act of blaming, finding fault with, or condemning sternly
< heads turning all along the block in discreet censure of his unsabbatical behavior — Mary Austin >
5. : critical recension
6. : expression of official disapproval
< army letters of censure >
often : a resolution by a legislative body expressing disapproval of a government official
II. verb
(censured ; censured ; censuring \-nch(ə)riŋ, chiefly substand -n(t)s(ə)riŋ\ ; censures)
transitive verb
1. obsolete : estimate, judge : to form or pronounce an opinion on
2.
a. : to find fault with and criticize adversely as blameworthy especially with stern judgment : disapprove of or dispraise
< appraisements imply censures and it is not one writer's business to censure others — F.M.Ford >
b. : to express official censure of
< a resolution on the floor to censure the senator >
3. obsolete : to condemn with judicial sentence
intransitive verb
obsolete : judge — used with of or on
Synonyms: see criticize |