Definitions for censure
ˈsɛn ʃərcen·sure

Princeton's WordNet(2.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. censure, animadversionnoun

   harsh criticism or disapproval

2. excommunication, exclusion, censureverb

   the state of being excommunicated

3. reprimand, censure, criminateverb

   rebuke formally

Wiktionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. censurenoun

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

2. censurenoun

   An official reprimand.

3. censurenoun

   The state of excommunication.

4. censureverb

   to criticize harshly

5. censureverb

   to formally rebuke

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Censurenoun

   judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion

2. Censurenoun

   the act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame

3. Censurenoun

   judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment

4. Censureverb

   to form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge

5. Censureverb

   to find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of

6. Censureverb

   to condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence

7. Censureverb

   to judge

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Censure

   A censure is an expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism. Among the forms that it can take are a stern rebuke by a legislature, a spiritual penalty imposed by a church, and a negative judgment pronounced on a theological proposition.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Censure

   sen′shūr, n. an unfavourable judgment: blame: reproof: (obs.) criticism, judgment generally.—v.t. to blame: to condemn as wrong.—adj. Cen′surable, deserving of censure: blamable.—n. Cen′surableness.—adv. Cen′surably. [L. censūra, an opinion, a severe judgment—censēre, to estimate or judge.]

Matched Categories

1. • Condemnation

How to pronounce censure?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of censure in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of censure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of censure in a Sentence

1. Danielle Weston:

   The censure resolutions would strip us of the powers and duties bestowed upon us by the voters and would violate the law.

2. Robert F. Kennedy:

   Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change.

3. William Shakespeare:

   Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice take each man's censure but reserve thy judgement.

4. W. Somerset Maugham:

   It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.

5. Plato:

   Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it.

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