Censurenoun
The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
Censornoun
(history) A Roman magistrate, originally a census administrator, by Classical times a high judge of public behavior and morality.
‘The Ancient censors were part of the cursus honorum, a series of public offices held during a political career, like consuls and praetors.’;
Censurenoun
An official reprimand.
Censornoun
An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content.
‘The headmaster was an even stricter censor of his boarding pupils' correspondence than the enemy censors had been of his own when the country was occupied.’;
Censurenoun
Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
Censornoun
One who censures or condemns.
Censurenoun
(obsolete) Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
Censornoun
(psychology) A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious.
Censureverb
To criticize harshly.
Censorverb
(transitive) To review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers.
‘The man responsible for censoring films has seen some things in his time.’;
Censureverb
To formally rebuke.
Censorverb
(transitive) To remove objectionable content.
‘''Occupying powers typically censor anything reeking of resistance’;
Censureverb
(obsolete) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
Censornoun
One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.
Censurenoun
Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
‘Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.’;
Censornoun
One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; - an official in some European countries.
Censurenoun
The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.
‘Both the censure and the praise were merited.’;
Censornoun
One given to fault-finding; a censurer.
‘Nor can the most circumspect attention, or steady rectitude, escape blame from censors who have no inclination to approve.’;
Censurenoun
Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
‘Excommunication or other censure of the church.’;
Censornoun
A critic; a reviewer.
‘Received with caution by the censors of the press.’;
Censureverb
To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
Censornoun
a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
Censureverb
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.’;
Censorverb
forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
Censureverb
To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence.
Censorverb
subject to political, religious, or moral censorship;
‘This magazine is censored by the government’;
Censureverb
To judge.
Censurenoun
harsh criticism or disapproval
Censurenoun
the state of being excommunicated
Censureverb
rebuke formally
Censureverb
express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement
‘the company was heavily censured by inspectors from the Department of Trade’; ‘shareholders censured the bank for its extravagance’;
Censurenoun
the formal expression of severe disapproval
‘two MPs were singled out for censure’; ‘despite episcopal censures, the practice continued’;
Censure
A censure is an expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism. In parliamentary procedure, it is a debatable main motion that could be adopted by a majority vote.
