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censure

/ˈsɛn.sjə/

noun

Meaning

  • The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.

  • An official reprimand.

  • Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.

  • Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.

verb

Meaning

  • To criticize harshly.

  • To formally rebuke.

  • To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.