Ellen G. White

The mother cannot expect her daughter to understand the mysteries of housekeeping without education. She should instruct them patiently, lovingly, and make the work as agreeable as she can by her cheerful countenance and encouraging words of approval. If they fail once, twice, or thrice, censure not.

American Writer

William Godwin

In the two novels I have published, it was my fortune at different times, and from different persons, to hear the most unqualified censure long before it was possible for me to hear the voice of the public. But my temper was not altered, nor my courage subdued.

English Writer

Joseph Addison

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

Mikhail Bakunin

I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure.

Russian Revolutionary

Mitt Romney

That said, your values will not always be the object of public admiration. In fact, the more you live by your beliefs, the more you will endure the censure of the world.

American Politician

Percy Bysshe Shelley

In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect.

English Poet

Plato

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.

Greek Philosopher

William Gilmore Simms

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

American Novelist

Leonardo da Vinci

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.

Italian Artist

William Penn

They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.

English Leader

Used in formal situations, like political or academic discussions, not casual conversations.

Formal Context

Censure can suggest a serious blow to someone's reputation, often publicly.

Impacts Reputation

Censure expresses disapproval but does not imply a formal penalty or punishment.

Not a Punishment

It often comes from a place of authority or governance, indicating a formal reprimand.

Formal Rebuke

Usually involves an official body or legal authority that has the power to censure.

Legal or Official

Censure as a verb focuses on the wrongness of the actions, not personal traits.

Actions Matter

 our high school principal censured our newspaper now by this time I was already into college and like all of my friends and so the game of high school was kind of over and so we looked at each other and we said are we gonna do something

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 It was his investigation of the army that finally turned public opinion against him and diminished his power. McCarthy's colleagues in the Senate censured him and he died less than three years later, probably from alcoholism.

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 and sharing a meal. Love could be about remembering that humanity is vast and food choices differ. It could be about showing respect and curiosity instead of censure

Censure

Formal Context

Impacts Reputation

Not a Punishment

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