censure
1350–1400 Middle English, from Old French, from Latin censūra ("censor's office or assessment"), from censere ("to tax, assess, value, judge, consider, etc."). Pronunciation Noun
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1350–1400 Middle English, from Old French, from Latin censūra ("censor's office or assessment"), from censere ("to tax, assess, value, judge, consider, etc."). Pronunciation Noun
censure
- The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
- 1881, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica,_Ninth_Edition/Johnson,_Samuel Samuel Johnson]”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition:
- 2
- An official reprimand.
- Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
- excommunication or other censure of the church
- (obsolete) Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene 3]:
- Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
- Russian: порица́ние
- Spanish: censura
- Russian: вы́говор
censure (censures, present participle censuring; past and past participle censured)
- To criticize harshly.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene v]:
- I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty.
- To formally rebuke.
- (obsolete) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
- 1625, John Fletcher; Philip Massinger, “The Elder Brother. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: Printed for Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, OCLC 3083972 ↗, Act 1, scene 2:
- Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.
- See also Thesaurus:reprehend
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