Condemnation
[,kɒndəm'neɪʃn] or [,kɑndɛm'neʃən]
Definition
(noun.) (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building).
(noun.) the condition of being strongly disapproved of; 'he deserved nothing but condemnation'.
Editor: Tod--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.
(n.) The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.
(n.) The state of being condemned.
(n.) The ground or reason of condemning.
Edited by Lancelot
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Sentence of punishment.[2]. Blame, censure, reproof, disapproval, disapprobation.
Inputed by Kelly
Examples
- Erringly and strangely she began the task of self-examination with self-condemnation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But it is not to be supposed, because the new thing succumbs to the old infections, that is the final condemnation of the new thing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We must not swing across from the repudiation of the extravagant pretensions of the faithful to an equally extravagant condemnation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- New York was inexorable in its condemnation of business irregularities. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Before it had set in dark on the night of his condemnation, he had travelled thus far on his last way. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- That cry struck a terror to the culprit's heart, which trial, condemnation--the approach of death itself, had failed to awaken. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- How could he go silently away from Middlemarch as if he were retreating before a just condemnation? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- There were some groans and hisses, but the general sense of honour was much too strong for the condemnation of a man unheard. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- This was discovered, and the Bill for Strafford's condemnation was hurried on in the midst of a vast popular excitement. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In his condemnation he is all ferocity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And marriage was the seal of his condemnation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This is a second influence of general rules, and implies the condemnation of the former. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- There is no such thing as Democracy; there are a number of more or less democratic experiments which are not subject to wholesale eulogy or condemnation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As the three prepared for bed, Mr. Bell muttered forth a little condemnation of Mr. Thornton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Isn't it a sufficient condemnation of society to find one's self accepting such phraseology? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- What he does and what he can do depend upon the expectations, demands, approvals, and condemnations of others. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Editor: Trudy