Condemn

[kən'dem] or [kən'dɛm]

Definition

(verb.) declare or judge unfit for use or habitation; 'The building was condemned by the inspector'.

(verb.) express strong disapproval of; 'We condemn the racism in South Africa'; 'These ideas were reprobated'.

(verb.) demonstrate the guilt of (someone); 'Her strange behavior condemned her'.

(verb.) appropriate (property) for public use; 'the county condemned the land to build a highway'.

(verb.) compel or force into a particular state or activity; 'His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence'.

Edited by Griffith--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.

(v. t.) To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.

(v. t.) To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty.

(v. t.) To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty.

(v. t.) To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned.

(v. t.) To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain.

Checker: Salvatore

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Sentence, doom.[2]. Censure, blame, disapprove, reprove, reprobate, upbraid, pass censure on.[3]. Adjudge (a ship) to be unseaworthy.[4]. Confiscate, declare to be forfeited.

Checker: Sumner

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Blame, convict, reprove, cast, censure, denounce, doom, sentence

ANT:Absolve, acquit, exonerate, pardon, justify, approve

Typed by Floyd

Definition

v.t. to pronounce guilty: to censure or blame: to sentence to punishment: to give up to some fate: to pronounce unfit for use.—adj. Condem′nable blamable.—n. Condemnā′tion state of being condemned: blame: cause of being condemned.—adj. Condem′natory expressing or implying condemnation.—p.adj. Condemned′ pronounced to be wrong guilty or useless: belonging or relating to one who is sentenced to punishment e.g. 'condemned cell:' declared dangerous and to be removed as a house bridge &c.

Editor: Wilma

Examples

Typist: Serena

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