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   censure

   /ˈsɛnʃə/

   verb

   • 1. express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement: "the company was heavily censured by inspectors from the Department of Trade"

   noun

   • 1. the formal expression of severe disapproval: "two MPs were singled out for censure"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘judicial sentence’): from Old French censurer (verb), censure (noun), from Latin censura ‘judgement, assessment’, from censere ‘assess’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. censurable adjective
   • 2. censurer noun

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