censure
C1CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
FormalRegister
General verb
To express severe and formal disapproval of someone.
The MP was censured by the committee for breaching the code of conduct.
Business noun
A formal and severe expression of disapproval.
The director escaped dismissal but received a public censure from the exchange.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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