Definition of censures:
(n) :
The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
(n) :
Official reprimand.
(v) :
(transitive) To criticize harshly.
(v) :
(transitive) To formally rebuke.
(n) :
A judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
(n) :
(obsolete) A judgment (either favorable or unfavorable); an opinion.