Both Uses
censure
in
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine
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- Compliments as well as censure to individuals make no part thereof.†
Chpt Intr *censure = harsh or formal criticism
- The laying a Country desolate with Fire and Sword, declaring War against the natural rights of all Mankind, and extirpating the Defenders thereof from the Face of the Earth, is the Concern of every Man to whom Nature hath given the Power of feeling; of which Class, regardless of Party Censure, is the AUTHOR.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(censure) harsh criticism; or formal criticism from an organization -- such as the U.S. Senate
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Censure was used archaically to mean judgement or evaluation.