censure

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
2. (countable, uncountable) Official reprimand.
3. (countable, uncountable) A judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A judgment (either favorable or unfavorable); an opinion.

Verb

1. (transitive) To criticize harshly.
2. (transitive) To formally rebuke.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.

Synonyms

blame

reproach

criticize

abuse

reprimand

condemn

rebuke

scold

reprove

condemnation

revile

criticism

denounce

reproof

find fault

admonish

animadversion

chide

berate

tell off

upbraid

stricture

reviling

accuse

comment

express disapproval

fault

disapproval

denunciation

reprehend

abuse verbally

animadvert

protest

attack

👊

traduce

knock

accusation

find fault with

criticise

review

criminate

slander

disapprove

disapprobation

decry

defamation

repay

complain

defame

recover

Translations

censurar

Tadel

biasimare

criticar

criticare

censura

επικρίνω

censurer

criticar

reprendre

critiquer

tadeln

επίκριση

censure

blâmer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛn.ʃə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: censure

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.”).