Censure

Definition of Censure

Cen´sure

n.	1.	Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. - Shak.
	2.	The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame. Both the censure and the praise were merited. - Macaulay.
	3.	Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment. Excommunication or other censure of the church. - Bp. Burnet.
v. i.	1.	To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge. [imp. & p. p. Censured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Censuring.]
	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. - Shak.
	3.	To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence.
	1.	To judge.

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