censure
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censure
- /ˈsɛn.ʃə/ UK
- /ˈsɛns.jʊə/ UK, archaic
- /ˈsɛn.ʃ(j)ʊə/ UK, archaic
- /ˈsɛn.ʃɚ/ US
- /ˈsen.ʃə/ Australia
Where it comes from
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.”).
noun censures
- The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension. Censure, which arraigns the public actions and the private motives of princes, has ascribed to envy, a conduct which might be attributed to the prudence and moderation of Hadrian.
- Official reprimand. After his actions were challenged by foreign governments and Parliament initially tried to put a stop to his action, Denman returned home and argued his case with enough force that, by 1848, the Royal Navy was handed active permission and encouragement to raze every last slave factory they could fin
- A judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment. He that hath past / So many Cenſures is novv come at laſt / To haue your princely Eares, grace you him; […]
- A judgment (either favorable or unfavorable); an opinion. Take each man's cenſure, but reſerve thy judgment.
verb censures · censuring · censured
- To criticize harshly. I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty.
- To formally rebuke. The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, a key lawmaker in Democrats’ congressional investigations into former President Donald Trump during his presidency.
- To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge. Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.
