Censure

Noun

 * 1) The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
 * 2) An official reprimand.
 * 3) The state of excommunication.

Verb

 * 1) to criticize harshly
 * 2) to formally rebuke

Adjectives for Censure
moral; heavy-handed; violent; declamatory implicit; critical; reluctant; ecclesiastical perpetual; just; erroneous; undeserved awful; lewd; implied.

Verbs for Censure
avoid—; cringe under—; endure—; escape—; incur—; smart under—; wag one's tongue in—; —abates; —looms; —repels; —threatens.

Adverbs for Censure
morally; violently; critically; reluctantly ecclesiastically; perpetually; undeservedly; impliedly; scornfully; gravely; captiously freely; scathingly.

Synonyms for Censure
criticism, reprimand, blame, reproach, reprehension, rebuke, remonstance, reproof, stricture, condemnation.

Antonyms for Censure
praise, commendation, approval, endorsement, recommendation, sanction, approbation, confirmation, ratification.

Thesaurus
accuse, anathema, anathematize, anathematizing, anathemize, animadvert on, annotate, approval, arraign, arraignment, aspersion, assail, assault, attack, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bend sinister, bespatter, black eye, black mark, blacken, blacklist, blame, blot, blow upon, blur, book review, brand, bring home to, broad arrow, call to account, cast blame upon, cast reflection upon, castigation, champain, citation, comment, complain against, condemn, condemnation, contemn, convict, conviction, criminate, critical bibliography, critical journal, critical notice, criticism, criticize, critique, cry down, cry out against, cry out on, cry shame upon, damn, damnation, death sentence, death warrant, decrial, decry, defame, defile, denounce, denouncement, denunciate, denunciation, disallow, disapprove, disdain, disparage, disparagement, doom, excommunicate, excommunication, excoriation, expose, expose to infamy, find guilty, flaying, fulminate against, fulmination, fustigation, gibbet, guilty verdict, hang in effigy, impeach, impeachment, implicate, implication, impugn, impugnment, imputation, incriminate, incrimination, inculpate, inculpation, indict, indictment, inveigh against, involve, involvement, judgment, knock, literary criticism, mark of Cain, moralize upon, notice, onus, oppose, pass sentence on, penalize, pillory, pillorying, point champain, pronounce judgment, pronounce sentence, proscribe, proscription, rap, rebuke, reflect upon, reflection, reject, report, reprehend, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprobation, reprove, review, scorn, scout, sentence, shake up, skin, skinning alive, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, soil, spot, stain, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stigmatize, strafe, stricture, sully, taint, tarnish, verdict of guilty, vilify

Etymology
1350–1400, from , from censura:, from censere:.

Related terms

 * censor
 * censorial
 * censorious
 * censorship
 * census

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: неодобрение


 * Russian: порицание,
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: порицание


 * Russian: выговор, замечание

Verb

 * Bulgarian: порицавам


 * Bulgarian: осъждам

Noun

 * 1) censorship.

Anagrams

 * cénures

Noun
censure