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noun

Censure n.

1.

Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. (Obs.) "Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment."

2.

The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame. "Both the censure and the praise were merited."

3.

Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment. "Excommunication or other censure of the church."

Synonyms: Blame; reproof; condemnation; reprobation; disapproval; disapprobation; reprehension; animadversion; reprimand; reflection; dispraise; abuse.

verb

Censure v. i. (past & past part. censured; pres. part. censuring)

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."

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."

3.

To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence.

Synonyms: To blame; reprove; rebuke; condemn; reprehend; reprimand.

Censure v. i. To judge. (Obs.)

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"Censure" Quotes from Famous Books

... mistake to believe that the universities of the Middle Ages rested that prerogative of scientific censure—censura doctrinatis—to which they laid claim in such a comprehensive way, upon these and other like papal or imperial and royal decrees of establishment. Petrus Alliacensis, a man whom the University of Paris elected as its magnus ...

— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. X. • Kuno Francke

... entertainment Of each vnhatch't, vnfledg'd Comrade.[6] Beware [Sidenote: each new hatcht unfledgd courage,] Of entrance to a quarrell: but being in Bear't that th'opposed may beware of thee. Giue euery man thine eare; but few thy voyce: [Sidenote: thy eare,] Take each mans censure[7]; but reserue thy Judgement; Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy; But not exprest in fancie; rich, not gawdie: For the Apparell oft proclaimes the man. And they in France of the best ranck and station, Are of a most select and generous[8] cheff in that.[10] [Sidenote: ...

— The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 • George MacDonald

... I found myself placed; hundreds of miles from any white settlement, and expecting hourly to be forced into a conflict where no glory was to be gained, and in which defeat would be certain death, while victory could not fail to bring upon us the censure of our government. The idea of offering up my scalp as a trophy to Sioux valor, and leaving my bones to bleach on the wide prairie, with no prayer over my remains nor stone to mark the spot of my sepulture, ...

— The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 - Volume 23, Number 2 • Various

... enemies to assail his reputation, both literary and personal, when the grave had intervened to prevent any response to their slanders. Not but that he praised oftener than he censured, but the thorn of censure pricks deeply, and the rose of praise but gently diffuses its fragrance to be wafted away on the passing breeze. The sharp satire attracted attention to the Messenger, as attested by the rapid ...

— Literary Hearthstones of Dixie • La Salle Corbell Pickett

... periods close: But all propriety his Ramblers mock, When Betty prates from Newton and from Locke; When no diversity we trace between The lofty moralist and gay fifteen—[49] Yet genius still breaks through the encumbering phrase; His taste we censure, but the work we praise: There learning beams with fancy's brilliant dyes, Vivid as lights that gild the northern skies; Man's complex heart he bares to open day, Clear as the prism unfolds the blended ray: The picture from his mind assumes its hue; The shades too dark, ...

— A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the late Samuel Johnson (1786) • John Courtenay

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