censure
The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrongThe act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
» Will you screen me from public censure?
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
Tadel, Zurechtweisung, Kritik
порица́ниеporicánije, нарека́ниеnarekánije
осудosud, засудженняzasudžennja
(countable, uncountable)Official reprimand.
Tadel, Verweis, Rüge
вы́говорvýgovor, замеча́ниеzamečánije
засудженняzasudžennja
(countable, uncountable)A judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A judgment (either favorable or unfavorable); an opinion.
- harsh criticism or disapproval
- the state of being excommunicated
Examples
16 sentencesWill you screen me from public censure?
Parliament formally censures ministers for serious misconduct.
He censured me for what I had done.
deEr tadelte mich für das, was ich getan hatte.
Politicians are always censured for outrageous or inappropriate behavior.
dePolitiker werden stets getadelt für skandalöses und unangebrachtes Verhalten.
The senator was censured by the congressional ethics committee.
Translations
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Origin
From 1350–1400 Middle English censure, from Old French, from Latin censūra (“censor's offiFrom 1350–1400 Middle English censure, from Old French, from Latin censūra (“censor's office or assessment”), from censēre (“to consider, to assess, to value, to judge, to tax, etc.”).
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Forms
plural: censuresSynonyms
51 synonyms- harsh criticism or disapproval:animadversion
- the state of being excommunicated:excommunicationexclusion
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable