- (censure) harsh criticism or disapproval
- (censure) reprimand: rebuke formally
- (censure) excommunication: the state of being excommunicated
- Censure is a process by which a formal reprimand is issued to an individual by an authoritative body. In a deliberative assembly, a motion to censure is used.
- (censure) (v) to criticize harshly
- (censure) to find fault with; condemn
- (Censure) A formal, public reprimand for an infraction or violation.
- (Censure) An act by a legislative body to officially reprimand a member. The act of censuring is an official condemnation for actions committed by a public official while holding a public trust.
- (Censure) An official reprimand or condemnation of an attorney. (See disbarment or suspension.)
- (Censure) Another name for a medicinal penalty, or a penalty intended to help the offender repent and return to the heart of the Church. The Code of Canon Law presently contains three censures: suspension, interdict, and excommunication.
- (Censure) The art of hoying one doon during a Sports & Social meeting.
- (Censure) The process of public denunciation and reproof of an offender’s criminal behaviour.
- (Censure) is rebuke, harsh criticism: Morty Skustin was severely censured for putting the frog in the water cooler.
- (censure) (v) - to rebuke officially