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censure — [ sɛnʃə] verb express severe disapproval of; formally reprove. noun formal disapproval. Derivatives censurable adjective Origin ME: from OFr. censurer (v.), censure (n.), from L. censura judgement, assessment , from censere assess . Usage Censure … English new terms dictionary
censure — 1. noun /ˈsɛn.sjə,ˈsɛn.sʃə,ˈsɛn.ʃɚ/ a) The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension. b) An official reprimand. 2. verb /ˈsɛn.sjə,ˈsɛn.sʃə,ˈsɛn.ʃɚ/ a) to criticize harshly … Wiktionary
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reprimand — I noun admonishment, admonition, animadversion, blame, castigation, censure, chiding, condemnation, correction, criticism, denunciation, derogation, disapprobation, disapproval, displeasure, dispraise, dressing down, exception, exprobration,… … Law dictionary
reprimand — /repranuend/ To reprove severely; to censure formally, especially with authority. Federal Labor Union 23393, American Federation of Labor v. American Can Co., 28 N.J.Super. 306, 100 A.2d 693, 695. A public and formal censure or severe reproof,… … Black's law dictionary
reprimand — I. noun Etymology: French réprimande, from Latin reprimenda, feminine of reprimendus, gerundive of reprimere to check more at repress Date: 1636 a severe or formal reproof II. transitive verb Date: 1681 to reprove sharply or censure formally… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Excommunication — • Exclusion from the communion, the principal and severest censure, is a medicinal, spiritual penalty that deprives the guilty Christian of all participation in the common blessings of ecclesiastical society Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… … Catholic encyclopedia
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
