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noun harsh criticism or disapproval
noun the state of being excommunicated
verb rebuke formally
originFrom 1350–1400 Middle English censure, from Old French, from Latin censūra (“censor's office or assessment”), from censēre (“to consider, to assess, to value, to judge, to tax, etc.”).
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