All 3 Uses of
censure
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- Worthy Montano, you were wont be civil; The gravity and stillness of your youth The world hath noted, and your name is great In mouths of wisest censure: what's the matter, That you unlace your reputation thus, And spend your rich opinion for the name Of a night-brawler? give me answer to it.†
Scene 2.3
- He's that he is: I may not breathe my censure What he might be,—if what he might he is not,— I would to heaven he were!†
Scene 4.1
- ...To you, lord governor,
Remains the censure of this hellish villain;
The time, the place, the torture. O, enforce it!
Scene 5.2 *censure = harsh or formal criticism
Definition:
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(censure) harsh criticism; or formal criticism from an organization -- such as the U.S. Senate