CENSURE

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, or a negative judgment pronounced on a theological proposition.

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censure

Noun

  1. The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
  2. An official reprimand.
  3. Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
  4. Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.

Verb

  1. to criticize harshly
  2. to formally rebuke
  3. To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.


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