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Saturday, December 30, 2017

Censure - Word of the day

censure definition from Oxford A-Z of English Usage - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobisystems.msdict.embedded.wireless.oxford.azenglishusage censure, censor Censure and censor, although quite different in meaning, are frequently confused. To censure means ‘to express severe disapproval of (the country was censured for human rights abuses), while to censor means ‘to examine (a book, film, etc.) and suppress unacceptable parts of it’: the letters she received were censored. Avoid writing censure when you mean censor, as in the incorrect the film was censured.

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