censure.
The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
Meaning & usage
The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
Official reprimand.
A judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
A judgment (either favorable or unfavorable); an opinion.
Where this word 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.”).
To criticize harshly.
To formally rebuke.
To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
Where this word 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.”).
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