to censure
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7.7
- verb
- /ˈsɛnʃər/
- Formal
:
censurar
- I was censured and reassigned.
- voted to censure
You could love Bill Clinton or really dislike Bill Clinton and still find that petition to censure and move on.
- You could love Bill Clinton or really dislike Bill Clinton and still find that petition to censure and move on.
- So I might say something like the senators behaviour was highly unacceptable, she should clearly be censured for it.
Examples
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We hear that the Republicans are gonna censure Udall for that performance.
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We've been censured.
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How dare he not only question but censure his own father for doing what he believed was right?
Academic text (2008) -
- Senate's gonna vote to censure McCarthy tomorrow.
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They're talking about censuring me.
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He was censured by the Italian courts.
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And now he's going to be censured, potentially expelled from the house.
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Left-of-center parties even sought to censure Singh over the IAEA vote.
Academic text (2008) -
He was a Jesuit priest, a scholar who was censured by the Vatican.
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The committee decided to censure the official for his unethical behavior during the investigation.
Synonyms
298
4.0
To strongly criticize someone or something publicly
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6.8
Publicly criticize someone or something strongly
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6.1
To tell someone they did something wrong, usually by a person in charge
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7.7
To say in public that something is bad or wrong
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6.9
To tell someone firmly that you do not approve of their actions
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8.2
To criticize someone very strongly and angrily
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9.8
To criticize someone or something very harshly in public
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7.3
Tell someone gently that what they did was wrong
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7.6
Criticize someone or something, often in public
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9.9
To scold someone strongly for doing something wrong
To say strongly that someone or something is wrong
Antonyms
How Disapproving
Surface Forms
Etymology
Censure comes from the Latin root censere, which meant 'to judge'. Think of a censor who decides what is right or wrong; to censure someone is to judge them openly and show strong disapproval.