censure
noun/ˈsenʃə(r)/
/ˈsenʃər/
[uncountable] (formal)- strong criticism
- The opposition forced a vote of censure on the government's foreign policy.
Extra Examples- He could face censure from his colleagues.
- It was unavoidable that some artists would face official censure.
- Right-wing parties tabled a motion of censure against the government.
- Her dishonest behaviour came under severe censure.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- public
- moral
- social
- …
- come under
- face
- avoid
- …
- motion
- a motion of censure
- a vote of censure
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘judicial sentence’): from Old French censurer (verb), censure (noun), from Latin censura ‘judgement, assessment’, from censere ‘assess’.
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