Thesaurus: censure

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1. n. Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
2. n. The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.
3. n. Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
4. v. i. To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
5. v. i. To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of.
6. v. i. To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence.
7. v. i. To judge.
8. n. harsh criticism or disapproval
9. n. the state of being excommunicated
10. v. rebuke formally
11. 1. Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. [Obs.] Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Shak. 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. 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. 1. To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge. [Obs.] "Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer." Beau. & Fl. 2. To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of. I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty. Shak. 3. To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence. Shak. Syn. -- To blame; reprove; rebuke; condemn; reprehend; reprimand. To judge. [Obs.] Shak.
12. To judge. [Obs.] Shak.