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s | censor |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun censor is

(history) a roman magistrate, originally a census administrator, by classical times a high judge of public behavior and morality.

As a verb censor is

to review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers.

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

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    censor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * censour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (history) A Roman magistrate, originally a census administrator, by Classical times a high judge of public behavior and morality
    • The Ancient censors were part of the ''cursus honorum , a series of public offices held during a political career, like consuls and praetors.
  • An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content
    • The headmaster is an even stricter censor''' for his boarding pupils' correspondence than the enemy ' censors had been for his own when the country was occupied.
  • One who censures or condemns
  • (psychology) A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious
  • (acronym ) Censors Ensure No Secrets Over Radios

    • Synonyms

    * censurer

    Related terms

    * censorial * censorious * censorship * censure * census

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers
    • The man responsible for censoring films has seen some things in his time.
  • To remove objectionable content
    • ''Occupying powers typically censor anything reeking of resistance

    Synonyms

    * bowdlerize

    See also

    * decensor * expurgate

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

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