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- DictionaryCen·sure/ˈsen(t)SHər/
verb
- 1. express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement: "a judge was censured in 1983 for a variety of types of injudicious conduct"
noun
- 1. the expression of formal disapproval: "angry delegates offered a resolution of censure against the offenders"
censure noun. Factsheet. Etymology. Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Meaning & use. 1. †. 1.a. c1470–1726. A judicial sentence; esp. a condemnatory judgement. Obsolete. c1470. He should it haue by execucion due, By sensours of theyr churche and hole sentence. J. Hardyng, Chronicle clxiii. iii. 1567.
to criticize someone formally for something that they have done: She was censured by the medical board for revealing details about her patient's condition. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. censure. noun [ U ] formal.
Meaning & use. 1. 1590–1729. † transitive. To form or give a ‘censure’ or opinion of; to estimate, judge of, pass judgement on, criticize, judge. Obsolete. 1590. No further euidence came to censure the allegation. R. Greene, Neuer too Late i. 37. 1606. Peruse our euidence and censure it, According to your wisedome. No-body & Some-body sig. A4.
Synonyms for CENSURE: condemnation, reprimand, rebuke, criticism, denunciation, reproach, reproof, excoriation; Antonyms of CENSURE: endorsement, indorsement, commendation, citation, honor, tribute, praise, acclamation
Censure is a formal, public, group condemnation of an individual, often a group member, whose actions run counter to the group's acceptable standards for individual behavior. In the United States, governmental censure is done when a body's members wish to publicly reprimand the president of the United States, a member of Congress, a judge or a ...
TO SHOW DISAPPROVAL OF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING. The trial judge was censured for incompetence. Synonyms and examples. criticize. He criticized the government's handling of the crisis. attack. She wrote an article attacking the judge and the way the trial had been conducted. condemn. She was condemned for her comments about the candidate. denounce.
To 'censor' means to remove, block, or interfere with the communication of another. To 'censure', on the other hand, means "to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy." The best-known meaning of the noun censor is "one who reads communications (as letters) or examines materials (as films) and deletes material considered sensitive or harmful."
