censure

[US]/ˈsenʃə(r)/
[UK]/ˈsenʃər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. criticize or reproach
n. criticism or reproach
vi. condemn or rebuke

Example Sentences

censure a person for his selfishness

a review containing unfair censures of a new film

The opposition passed a vote of censure on the government.

He could face censure from his colleagues.

Costs will have to be kept down if severe public censure is to be avoided.

You must not censure him until you know the whole story.

historians have been censured for their myopia in treating modern science as a western phenomenon.

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