All 6 Uses of
censure
in
A Passage to India
- Having censured the circumcision, she bethought her of kindred topics, and asked Aziz when he was going to be married.†
Chpt 2
- One of his own circle would have accepted this as meaning that he had changed his mind, an event too common to merit censure.†
Chpt 6
- His self-complacency, his censoriousness, his lack of subtlety, all grew vivid beneath a tropic sky; he seemed more indifferent than of old to what was passing in the minds of his fellows, more certain that he was right about them or that if he was wrong it didn't matter.†
Chpt 8
- The servants, etc., were scrambling back to the camp, pursued by grave censures from Mohammed Latif.†
Chpt 14
- It was the first interruption, and the Magistrate felt bound to censure it.
Chpt 24 *censure = criticize
- The Magistrate knew that he ought to censure this remark, but did not dare to.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(censure) harsh criticism; or formal criticism from an organization -- such as the U.S. Senate