censure
Meaning
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- The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
- An official reprimand.
- Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
- (obsolete) Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
Synonyms
denounce
express disapproval
find fault with
abuse verbally
impugn
verbal abuse
weak point
give directions
lay the blame on
rail at
talk to
attribute responsibility to
criticize severely
pleasure talk to
calum-niate
reprozch
civil censorship
secondary censorship
separationism
(to) criticize
(to) criticise
disparage
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɛn.ʃə/
Etymology
In summary
From 1350–1400 Middle English censure, from Old French, from Latin censūra (“censor's office or assessment”), from censēre (“to consider, to assess, to value, to judge, to tax, etc.”).
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