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censured

ADJECTIVE

guilty

Synonyms

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convicted culpable liable remorseful responsible sorry wrong

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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

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good immune irresponsible right

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guiltless innocent moral sinless truthful

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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

FBI agents at field offices and at headquarters who resisted Gray’s power were censured, fired or transferred.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025

A Scottish council has been censured by the UK's information watchdog after records about a bullying incident were modified weeks after it took place.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025

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

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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