censured

ADJECTIVE

guilty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

convicted culpable liable remorseful responsible sorry wrong

WEAK

accusable caught censurable chargeable condemned conscience-stricken contrite convictable criminal damned delinquent depraved doomed erring evil felonious hangdog impeached in error in the wrong incriminated iniquitous judged licentious offending on one's head out of line proscribed regretful reprehensible rueful sentenced sheepish sinful wicked

Antonyms

STRONGEST

good immune irresponsible right

WEAK

guiltless innocent moral sinless truthful

Example Sentences

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The senator made the case for his record and censured Mr. Paxton for unethical behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

It’s infrequent that a judge is publicly or privately censured.

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2025

McCarthyism is remembered so well because it was finally extinguished by the mainstream: Congress censured McCarthy, and Eisenhower criticized him.

From Salon • Oct. 14, 2025

The ombudsman said the comments "brought the council into disrepute" but, on Friday, the council's standards committee said Williams would be be censured, but not suspended.

From BBC • May 16, 2025

The Senate investigators didn’t agree; the committee censured the police superintendent.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

censured

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