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Synonyms for censure

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for censure

to find fault with

to feel or express strong disapproval of

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Synonyms for censure

harsh criticism or disapproval

the state of being excommunicated

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The DPJ had initially eyed submitting a censure motion during these occasions, but did not do so because they were concerned about facing a possible public backlash for boycotting the remaining period of the session, after censuring the prime minister.
About 250 residents submitted a petition for last night's warrant calling for censuring the School Committee because of actions taken while the School Department was under investigation by state and federal agencies for alleged misuse of school money and ethics violations.
Why is he for censuring the President and even, perhaps, impeaching him?
"In censuring her, board members sought only to voice their opinion that she violated the ethics policy and to ask that she not engage in similar conduct in the future," said Judge Deanell Tacha of the Denver-based 10th Circuit U.S.
But intra-branch censure is traditionally regarded as a legitimate tool of internal management and self-discipline.(40) Inter-branch censure, by contrast, directly threatens separation of powers, as courts upholding intra-branch judicial discipline have expressly recognized.(41) Members of Congress have no more business censuring executive branch officials than the President has censuring members of Congress.
A new disagreement in Republican ranks over how to handle the Monica Lewinsky affair deepened with veteran Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter shooting down the idea of censuring President Clinton.
Censuring vile speech is more effective than censoring it.