noun. An expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism.

noun. An official rebuke, as by a legislature of one of its members.

transitive verb. To express strong disapproval of or criticize severely, especially in an official capacity: synonym: criticize.

noun. Judgment; opinion.

noun. Judicial sentence; formal condemnation.

noun. Eccles., a penalty imposed upon an offender.

noun. The act of criticizing, especially of finding fault; criticism; expression of blame or disapprobation; faultfinding; condemnation; animadversion.

noun. A custom which formerly prevailed in several manors in Cornwall and Devonshire, England, by which all the inhabitants above the age of sixteen were summoned to swear fealty to the lord of the manor, to pay eleven pence per poll, and a penny a year ever after as censemoney or common fine. The persons thus sworn were called censers.

noun. Synonyms Admonition, Monition, etc. (see admonition), stricture, reprobation, disapproval, reflection, dispraise, reproval.

To estimate; reckon; regard; consider.

To judge; adjudge; pass judgment on; sentence.

Eccles., to discipline by public rebuke, etc. See censure, n., 3.

To criticize, especially adversely; find fault with and condemn; blame; express disapprobation of: as, to censure a man, or his manners or conduct; to censure a book.

Synonyms Reprove, Rebuke, Reprimand, Censure, Remonstrate with, Expostulate with, Reproach, chide, reprehend, take to task, rate, berate, scold, upbraid, lecture. To reprove is to admonish with disapprobation. To rebuke is to reprove strongly or sharply. To reprimand is to reprove officially; it is the act of one having authority. To censure is to express an unfavorable opinion; it is less personal than the previous terms. Remonstrate with and expostulate with are more argumentative and imply more of advice than either reprove or censure; they also apply only to acts now taking place or about to take place, while censure applies only to what is past. To reproach a person is to lay blame upon him in direct address, and with feeling, to endeavor to shame him with what he has done. The words advance in the degree of likelihood that the person reproved, etc., does not admit the fault for which he is taken to task. See the distinction of corresponding nouns under admonition.

To pass an opinion, especially a severe opinion; judge: followed by of or on.

noun. Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.

noun. The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.

noun. Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.

intransitive verb. To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.

intransitive verb. To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of.

intransitive verb. To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence.

intransitive verb. To judge.

noun. The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.

noun. An official reprimand.

noun. The state of excommunication.

verb. to criticize harshly

verb. to formally rebuke

noun. the state of being excommunicated

noun. harsh criticism or disapproval

verb. rebuke formally

"Illustrations: A resolution of censure may be amended by striking out the word “censure” and inserting the word “thanks, ” for both relate to opinion of certain conduct; refusing to censure is not the same as expressing thanks."