Censure
noun
Strong criticism or disapproval, especially in a formal statement.
The company received severe censure for neglecting safety regulations.
Often appears as...
- severe censure
- public censure
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Formal
verb
To officially criticize someone severely and formally because they have done something wrong.
The committee censured him for failing to uphold standards of professional conduct.
Often appears as...
- censure for
- censure on
Usage tips
Formal
noun
Strong criticism or disapproval, especially in a formal statement.
The company received severe censure for neglecting safety regulations.
Often appears as...
- severe censure
- public censure
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To officially criticize someone severely and formally because they have done something wrong.
The committee censured him for failing to uphold standards of professional conduct.
Often appears as...
- censure for
- censure on
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Formal Context
Used in formal situations, like political or academic discussions, not casual conversations.
The senator faced censure from the ethics committee.
Pro Tip 2/3Impacts Reputation
Censure can suggest a serious blow to someone's reputation, often publicly.
His actions earned him the censure of his peers.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Punishment
Censure expresses disapproval but does not imply a formal penalty or punishment.
The council's censure of the mayor did not remove him from office.
Pro Tip 1/3Formal Context
Used in formal situations, like political or academic discussions, not casual conversations.
The senator faced censure from the ethics committee.
Pro Tip 2/3Impacts Reputation
Censure can suggest a serious blow to someone's reputation, often publicly.
His actions earned him the censure of his peers.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Punishment
Censure expresses disapproval but does not imply a formal penalty or punishment.
The council's censure of the mayor did not remove him from office.
Pro Tip 1/3Formal Context
Used in formal situations, like political or academic discussions, not casual conversations.
The senator faced censure from the ethics committee.
Pro Tip 2/3Impacts Reputation
Censure can suggest a serious blow to someone's reputation, often publicly.
His actions earned him the censure of his peers.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Punishment
Censure expresses disapproval but does not imply a formal penalty or punishment.
The council's censure of the mayor did not remove him from office.
Compare with
admonishblamecastigatechastisecondemnatorycriticizedenouncerebukereprimandreproach
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We must reignite dream...
our high school principal censured our newspaper now by this time I was already into college and like all of my friends and so the game of high school was kind of over and so we looked at each other and we said are we gonna do something
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What is McCarthyism? And...
It was his investigation of the army that finally turned public opinion against him and diminished his power. McCarthy's colleagues in the Senate censured him and he died less than three years later, probably from alcoholism.
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What foods did your...
and sharing a meal. Love could be about remembering that humanity is vast and food choices differ. It could be about showing respect and curiosity instead of censure
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We must reignite dream...
our high school principal censured our newspaper now by this time I was already into college and like all of my friends and so the game of high school was kind of over and so we looked at each other and we said are we gonna do something
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What is McCarthyism? And...
It was his investigation of the army that finally turned public opinion against him and diminished his power. McCarthy's colleagues in the Senate censured him and he died less than three years later, probably from alcoholism.
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What foods did your...
and sharing a meal. Love could be about remembering that humanity is vast and food choices differ. It could be about showing respect and curiosity instead of censure
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Ellen G. White
American Writer
The mother cannot expect her daughter to understand the mysteries of housekeeping without education. She should instruct them patiently, lovingly, and make the work as agreeable as she can by her cheerful countenance and encouraging words of approval. If they fail once, twice, or thrice, censure not.
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William Godwin
English Writer
In the two novels I have published, it was my fortune at different times, and from different persons, to hear the most unqualified censure long before it was possible for me to hear the voice of the public. But my temper was not altered, nor my courage subdued.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.
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Mikhail Bakunin
Russian Revolutionary
I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure.
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Mitt Romney
American Politician
That said, your values will not always be the object of public admiration. In fact, the more you live by your beliefs, the more you will endure the censure of the world.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
English Poet
In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.
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William Gilmore Simms
American Novelist
He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.
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William Penn
English Leader
They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.
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Ellen G. White
American Writer
The mother cannot expect her daughter to understand the mysteries of housekeeping without education. She should instruct them patiently, lovingly, and make the work as agreeable as she can by her cheerful countenance and encouraging words of approval. If they fail once, twice, or thrice, censure not.
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William Godwin
English Writer
In the two novels I have published, it was my fortune at different times, and from different persons, to hear the most unqualified censure long before it was possible for me to hear the voice of the public. But my temper was not altered, nor my courage subdued.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.
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Mikhail Bakunin
Russian Revolutionary
I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure.
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Mitt Romney
American Politician
That said, your values will not always be the object of public admiration. In fact, the more you live by your beliefs, the more you will endure the censure of the world.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
English Poet
In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.
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William Gilmore Simms
American Novelist
He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.
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William Penn
English Leader
They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.
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