Definition of: censure

(sen′shər) noun
1. Disapproval; condemnation or blame; adverse criticism.
2. Reprimand or discipline by ecclesiastical or political authority.
3. Critical recension of a literary work; revision.
4. Obs. A formal judgment or judicial sentence; opinion.
—v.t. ·sured, ·sur·ing
1. To express disapproval of; condemn; blame.
2. To punish by a public reprimand, with or without some other penalty.
3. Obs. To pass judgment upon. [<F <L censura <censere judge]
—cen′sur·er noun