CENSURE Copy link • CENSURE 1. judgment pronounced, judicium: censura (Ov., Velleius). Blame, reproach, reprehensio: vituperatio: objurgatio. [SYN. in BLAME.] Punishment, poena: castigatio: animadversio. Spiritual censures, *poena ecclesiastica. 2. v. reprehendere: culpare: vituperare: improbare [SYN. in BLAME]: reprehendere et exagitare aliquid.