Definitions
Strong formal criticism or an official rebuke.
Word origin
From 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.”).
Used in a sentence
“Censure, which arraigns the public actions and the private motives of princes, has ascribed to envy, a conduct which might be attributed to the prudence and moderation of Hadrian.”
“Both the censure and the praise were merited.”
“He that hath past / So many Cenſures is novv come at laſt / To haue your princely Eares, grace you him; […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Formal criticism”7 letters
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