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Webster 1913 Edition

Censure

Cen′sure

,
Noun.
[L.
censura
fr.
censere
: cf. F.
censure
. Cf.
Censor
.]
1.
Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
[Obs.]
Take each man’s
censure
, but reserve thy judgment.
Shakespeare
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.
Syn. – Blame; reproof; condemnation; reprobation; disapproval; disapprobation; reprehension; animadversion; reprimand; reflection; dispraise; abuse.

Cen′sure

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Censured
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Censuring
.]
[Cf. F.
ensurer
.]
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.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To blame; reprove; rebuke; condemn; reprehend; reprimand.

Cen′sure

,
Verb.
I.
To judge.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Censure

CENSURE

, n.
1.
The act of blaming or finding fault and condemning as wrong; applicable to the moral conduct, or to the works of men. When applied to persons, it is nearly equivalent to blame, reproof, reprehension, reprimand. It is an expression of disapprobation, which often implies reproof.
2.
Judicial sentence; judgment that condemns. An ecclesiastical censure is a sentence of condemnation, or penalty inflicted on a member of a church for mal-conduct, by which he is deprived of the communion of the church, or prohibited from executing the sacerdotal office.

CENSURE

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of; as, to censure a man, or his manners, or his writings.
We laugh at vanity, oftener than we censure pride.
2.
To condemn by a judicial sentence, as in ecclesiastical affairs.
3.
To estimate.

CENSURE

,
Verb.
I.
To judge.

Definition 2024

censure

censure

See also: censuré

English

Noun

censure ‎(plural censures)

  1. The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
    • Macaulay
      Both the censure and the praise were merited.
  2. An official reprimand.
  3. Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
    • Bishop Burnet
      excommunication or other censure of the church
  4. (obsolete) Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
    • William Shakespeare Hamlet, Act I, scene III:
      Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

Translations

Verb

censure ‎(third-person singular simple present censures, present participle censuring, simple past and past participle censured)

  1. To criticize harshly.
    • Shakespeare
      I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty.
  2. To formally rebuke.
  3. (obsolete) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
    • Beaumont and Fletcher
      Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:reprehend

Translations

Related terms

References

  • “censure” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  • “censure” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  • "censure" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃.syʁ/

Noun

censure f ‎(plural censures)

  1. censorship

Verb

censure

  1. first-person singular present indicative of censurer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of censurer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of censurer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of censurer
  5. second-person singular imperative of censurer

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

censure f

  1. plural of censura

Latin

Participle

cēnsūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of cēnsūrus

Portuguese

Verb

censure

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of censurar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of censurar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of censurar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of censurar

Spanish

Verb

censure

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of censurar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of censurar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of censurar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of censurar.

Etymology

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

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɛn.sjə/, /ˈsɛn.sʃə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛn.ʃɚ/

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