Definition of Censurable

1. Adjective. Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious. "Culpable negligence"


Definition of Censurable

1. a. Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct.

Definition of Censurable

1. Adjective. Deserving of censure; blameworthy. ¹

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Definition of Censurable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Censurable

censorian
censoring
censorings
censorious
censoriously
censoriousness
censorless
censors
censorship
censorships
censorware
censour
censours
censual
censurability
censurable (current term)
censurableness
censurably
censure
censured
censureless
censurer
censurers
censures
censuring
census taker
censused
censusing

Literary usage of Censurable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The diplomatic protection of citizens abroad or the law of international claims by Edwin Montefiore Borchard (1915)
"censurable CONDUCT OF THE CLAIMANT § 337. General Principles. Topical Division. It is often stated that allegiance and protection are correlative. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Congregational Usages and Principles, According to Ancient by Preston Cummings (1852)
"Soc. Col. series i. vol. ix. 30. 9 Page 8. 6 Ib. 75. 7 Pages 25, 26. 8 Objections to Rev. P. Thacher's Ordination, 22. PASTOR, is he censurable by his ..."

3. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1855)
"... General Schuyler was in no degree censurable for the unfortunate occurrences therein enumerated, having done all in his power to provide against them. ..."

4. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... will or writing be censurable ——— " in the star-chamber, which is but a wrong to a " private man, how much more the forgery of an " article of religion, ..."

5. The Library Companion, Or, The Young Man's Guide, and the Old Man's Comfort by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1825)
"... our dramatic performances, I should be censurable if I did not allow him a foremost place in the foremost rank of the DRAMATIC WORTHIES of his Country. ..."

6. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States of America: From the by United States Dept. of State (1833)
"Perhaps it may be thought, that the appointment of Mr. Lamb was censurable in the moment in which it was made. It is a piece of justice, therefore, ..."

7. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1908)
"It is very censurable, however, fur its promiscuous bathing, with machines that have no awnings. Bognor owes its origin to the late ..."

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