CENSURE

censure. censure, a correction, or reformation

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censure. Censure, n. blame, reproach, judgement, opinion

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Cen″sure (?), n. [[L. censura fr. censere: cf. F. censure. Cf. Censor.]] 1. 1. Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Shak. 2. 2. The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.
Both the censure and the praise were merited. Macaulay. 3. 3. Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
Excommunication or other censure of the church. Bp. Burnet. Syn. — Blame; reproof; condemnation; reprobation; disapproval; disapprobation; reprehension; animadversion; reprimand; reflection; dispraise; abuse.