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cen·sure /'sen-chər/ n: an expression of official disapprovala House resolution approving a censure of the representativecensure vt
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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administer a rebuke, admonish, animadvert upon, assail, attack, berate, blame, bring into discredit, cast a reproach, cast a slur upon, cast blame upon, cast reflection upon, castigate, chastise, chide, condemn, declaim against, decry, denigrate, denounce, denunciate, deprecate, depreciate, descant, disapprove, disparage, dispraise, exclaim against, excoriate, execrate, expostulate, expurgate, find fault with, fronder, fulminate against, hold up to execration, hold up to reprobation, impugn, inveigh against, not speak well of, objurgate, raise a hue and cry against, rebuff, rebuke, recriminate, remonstrate, reprehend, reprehendere, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, speak ill of, upbraid, view with disfavor, vilipend, vituperare
associated concepts: censure for improper conduct, censure for prejudicial conduct, letter of admonition, reprimand
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admonish (warn), admonition, aspersion, bad repute, blame (culpability), blame, charge (accusation), charge (accuse), cite (accuse), complain (charge), complain (criticize), condemnation (blame), contemn, convict, conviction (finding of guilt), correction (punishment), criticism, criticize (find fault with), decry, defame, denounce (condemn), denunciation, depreciate, diatribe, disapprobation, disapproval, disapprove (condemn), discommend, discredit, disparage, fault, impeach, impeachment, impugnation, incrimination, judgment (formal court decree), lessen, libel, notoriety, obloquy, odium, onus (stigma), ostracism, outcry, phillipic, proscribe (denounce), proscription, punishment, rebuff, rebuke, remonstrance, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reproach (noun), reproach (verb), restraint, revilement, scandal, sentence, slander, spurn, stricture
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.A formal reprimand or expression of disapproval.v.censure
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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n. An official condemnation, reprimand, or expression of adverse criticism, usually by a legislative or other formal body, of the conduct of one of its members or of someone whose behavior it monitors.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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A formal, public reprimand for an infraction or violation.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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A formal, public reprimand for an infraction or violation.II An official reprimand or condemnation of an attorney. (See disbarment or suspension.)
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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Censure — Cen sure, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Censured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Censuring}.] [Cf. F. ensurer.] 1. To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge. [Obs.] Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer. Beau. & Fl. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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