censur-, censor- (Latin: to count, to reckon, to assess, to estimate, to value, to deem, to judge; judgment, criticism; Latin censura and French censure)
Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas.
Our censors are indulgent to the crows, but harass the doves.
From Decimus Iunius (Junius) Iuvenalis (Juvenalis) (c. A.D. 60-117); Saturae, I, 63; who attacked the vices of the plutocrats, the wickedness and immorality of women and foreigners (particularly Greeks), and laments the decline of the ancient aristocratic virtues. incensory
recension
uncensored
1. Not examined, expurgated, or given a rating for inclusion of improper or inappropriate material.
2. Not subject to censorship.
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