censure
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
censure /ˈsɛnʃə/
▶verb express severe disapproval of; formally reprove. ▶noun formal disapproval.
– derivatives
censurable adjective.
censurable adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. censurer (v.), censure (n.), from L. censura ‘judgement, assessment’, from censere ‘assess’.
usage: Censure and censor are frequently confused. Censure means ‘express severe disapproval of’ (the country was censured for human rights abuses) or ‘the expression of severe disapproval’, while censor means ‘examine (a book, film, etc.) and suppress unacceptable parts of it’ or ‘an official who censors books, films, etc.’.
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