Censure
Censure , noun
[Latin censura from censere: compare French censure. Compare Censor.]
1.
Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. [Obsolete]
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
2.
The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.
Both the censure and the praise were merited.
3.
Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
Excommunication or other censure of the church.
Censure , intransitive verb
[Compare French ensurer.]
1.
To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge. [Obsolete]
Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.
2.
To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of.
I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty.
3.
To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence. — Shakespeare
Censure , intransitive verb
To judge. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare