Synonyms for censure
ˈsɛn ʃərcen·sure

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1. censure

   Arraign is an official word; a person accused of crime is arraigned when he is formally called into court, the indictment read to him, and the demand made of him to plead guilty or not guilty; in more extended use, to arraign is to call in question for fault in any formal, public, or official way. One may charge another with any fault, great or trifling, privately or publicly, formally or informally. Accuse is stronger than charge, suggesting more of the formal and criminal; a person may charge a friend with unkindness or neglect; he may accuse a tramp of stealing. Censure carries the idea of fault, but not of crime; it may be private and individual, or public and official. A judge, a president, or other officer of high rank may be impeached before the appropriate tribunal for high crimes; the veracity of a witness may be impeached by damaging evidence. A person of the highest character may be summoned as defendant in a civil suit; or he may be cited to answer as administrator, etc. Indict and arraign apply strictly to criminal proceedings, and only an alleged criminal is indicted or arraigned. One is indicted by the grand jury, and arraigned before the appropriate court.

   Synonyms:
   accuse, arraign, charge, cite, impeach, indict, prosecute, summon

   Antonyms:
   acquit, condone, discharge, excuse, exonerate, forgive, overlook, pardon, pardon, release, set free

   Preposition:
   Arraign at the bar, before the tribunal, of or for a crime; on or upon an indictment.

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1. censure

   Synonyms:
   blame, stricture, reproach, reprobate, inculpate, reprove, condemn, reprehend, chide, berate, scold, upbraid, disapproval, remonstrance, rebuke, reprimand, dispiaise

   Antonyms:
   praise, eulogy, approbation, encouragement, commendation

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1. censure, animadversionnoun

   harsh criticism or disapproval

   Synonyms:
   animadversion, exclusion, excommunication

2. excommunication, exclusion, censureverb

   the state of being excommunicated

   Synonyms:
   exception, ejection, excision, excommunication, riddance, animadversion, exclusion, expulsion, elision

3. reprimand, censure, criminateverb

   rebuke formally

   Synonyms:
   accuse, scold, trounce, berate, lambast, bawl out, reproof, dress down, impeach, chide, lecture, chew up, call down, take to task, call on the carpet, rebuke, jaw, incriminate, reprimand, rag, remonstrate, have words, lambaste, chew out, criminate

Matched Categories

1. • Condemnation

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1. censurenoun

   Synonyms:
   blame, disapprobation, disapproval, condemnation, reproof, reproach, reprobation, reprehension, rebuke, reprimand, animadversion, stricture

2. censureverb

   Synonyms:
   blame, reproach, reprove, chide, reprehend, OVERHAUL, reprimand, rate, berate, scold, find fault with, pass censure on, take to task, bring to book, call over the coals, haul over the coals, call to account, come down upon, snap up, BLOW UP

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1. censurenoun

   Synonyms:
   reproof, reprehension, blame, reprimand, objurgation

2. censureverb

   Synonyms:
   reprove, rebuke, reprehend, upbraid, objurgate, chide, inveigh against

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1. List of paraphrases for "censure":

   censorship, censor, no-confidence, reprimand, censored, disapproval, non-confidence, mistrust, blame, distrust, admonition, condemnation, reproach

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How to use censure in a sentence?

1. Richter:

   When anyone is modest, not after praise, but after censure, then he is really so.

2. William Shakespeare:

   Beware Of entrance to a quarrel but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy rich, not gaudy For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

3. Joe Manchin:

   Censure would allow this body to unite across party lines and as an equal branch of government to formally denounce the President's actions and hold him accountable.

4. Ajay Pittman:

   Dahm has made it abundantly clear that he was intentional with his words. ... The justification for sexism given by Senator Dahm in and of itself is grounds for censure.

5. Ben Sasse:

   You are welcome to censure me again.