As verbs the difference between censure and debase
is that
censure is while
debase is to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
censure Noun
( en noun)
The act of blaming]], criticizing, or [[condemn, condemning as wrong; reprehension.
* Macaulay
- Both the censure and the praise were merited.
An official reprimand.
Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
* Bishop Burnet
- excommunication or other censure of the church
(obsolete) Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
* William Shakespeare Hamlet , Act I, scene III:
- Take each man's censure , but reserve thy judgment.
Verb
( censur)
to criticize harshly
* Shakespeare
- I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty.
to formally rebuke
(obsolete) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
- Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.
Synonyms
* See also
Related terms
* censor
* censorial
* censorious
* censorship
* census
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debase English
Verb
(debas)
To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
(archaic) To lower in position or rank.[Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.]
To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
Synonyms
* adulterate, degrade, demean
Derived terms
* debased
* debasedness
* debasement
* debaser
* undebased
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