If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it. The ethics committee may take a decision to admonish him or to censure him I would not presume to censure Osborne for hating his mother. = criticize Censure is also a noun. It is a controversial policy which has attracted international censure. the act of expressing strong disapproval and criticism (censura, from censere; CENSUS). to officially criticize someone for something they have done wrong
An official reprimand or condemnation of an attorney (See disbarment or suspension )
1 A reproach or reprimand, especially when delivered by a judicial or other official body; the act of pronouncing such a reproach or reprimand BACK TO TOP
[ 'sen(t)-sh&r ] (noun.) 14th century. 1350–1400 Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cénsūra (“censor's office or assessment”), from censere (“to tax, assess, value, judge, consider, etc.”).