Synonyms of the word

animadvert

• v. (intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To consider.
• v. (intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.

censure

• n. The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
• n. An official reprimand.
• n. Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
• n. (obsolete) Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
• v. To criticize harshly.
• v. To formally rebuke.
• v. (obsolete) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.

criminate

• v. (transitive, construed with of) To accuse, incriminate, impeach.
• v. (transitive, construed with of) To rebuke, censure, reprimand.

declare

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
• v. (intransitive) To make a declaration.
• v. (transitive) To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though…
• v. (transitive) To announce something formally or officially.
• v. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result.
• v. (transitive) To affirm or state something emphatically.
• v. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income,…
• v. (transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
• v. (transitive, programming) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing…

opine

• v. (intransitive) To have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
• v. (intransitive, now rare) To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something).
• n. (biochemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours.

reprimand

• n. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
• v. To reprove in a formal or official way.