Censure Definition

sĕnshər
censured, censures, censuring
noun
censures
A condemning as wrong; strong disapproval.
Webster's New World
A judgment or resolution condemning a person for misconduct; specif., an official expression of disapproval passed by a legislature.
Webster's New World
An official condemnation, reprimand, or expression of adverse criticism, usually by a legislative or other formal body, of the conduct of one of its members or of someone whose behavior it monitors.
Webster's New World Law
verb
censured, censures, censuring
To express strong disapproval of.
Webster's New World

To criticize harshly.

Wiktionary
Wiktionary

Origin of Censure

  • 1350–1400 Middle English, from Old French, from Latin censūra (“censor's office or assessment”), from censere (“to tax, assess, value, judge, consider, etc.”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Latin cēnsūra censorship from cēnsor Roman censor censor

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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