censure
noun
strong or vehement expression of disapproval.
censures
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present tense formof censure (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Andrew's ties to Epstein were at the centre of Thursday's decision, with the Palace announcement stating: "These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him."
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
It still demands collusion, censures dissent, confuses the exertion of power with the protest against it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
Gorsuch said that didn’t mean all censures are alike, and that such condemnation sometimes might not be acceptable, depending upon the recipient.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022
Barrett Marson, a Republican political strategist, said that those censures of prominent Arizona Republicans by their own party had little effect, and that he doubted the censure alone would hurt Ms. Sinema’s political fortunes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2022
But the great Bishop of the South Seas, in the charge from which copious extracts are there given, distinctly recommends the revival of spiritual discipline81 and the censures of the Church upon unrepenting offenders.
From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by John Ruskin
