an official who examines publications, films, letters, etc and has the power to suppress objectionable, e.g. obscene or libellous, matter
either of two magistrates of early Rome who acted as census takers, inspectors of morals, etc
a supposed mental agency that represses certain unacceptable ideas and desires before they reach consciousness
censorial /senʹsawri·əl/ adj
[Latin censor, from censēre to assess, tax]