condemn

[ kuhn-dem ]

/ kənˈdɛm /

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verb (used with object)

to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.

to pronounce to be guilty; sentence to punishment: to condemn a murderer to life imprisonment.

to give grounds or reason for convicting or censuring: His acts condemn him.

to judge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service: to condemn an old building.

U.S. Law. to acquire ownership of for a public purpose, under the right of eminent domain: The city condemned the property.

to force into a specific state or activity: His lack of education condemned him to a life of menial jobs.

to declare incurable.

Origin of condemn

1350–1400; Middle English condempnen < Anglo-French, Old French condem(p)ner < Latin condemnāre. See con-, damn

SYNONYMS FOR condemn

1 See blame.

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ANTONYMS FOR condemn

2 exonerate, liberate.

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OTHER WORDS FROM condemn

con·dem·na·ble

[kuhn-dem-nuh-buhl] /kənˈdɛm nə bəl/, adjective con·dem·na·bly, adverb con·demn·er

[kuhn-dem-er] /kənˈdɛm ər/, con·dem·nor

[kuhn-dem-er, kuhn-dem-nawr] /kənˈdɛm ər, kən dɛmˈnɔr/, noun con·demn·ing·ly, adverb

re·con·demn, verb (used with object) self-con·demned, adjective self-con·demn·ing, adjective un·con·dem·na·ble, adjective un·con·demned, adjective un·con·demn·ing, adjective un·con·demn·ing·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH condemn

blame censure condemn (see synonym study at blame) condemn contemn

Words nearby condemn

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Example sentences from the Web for condemnable

How could this dazzling creature have done something so condemnable.

Spilling My Family's Secrets |Frances Osborne |May 21, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Wherefore every state of an idle or indolent life is condemnable; such for instance as the life of monks and nuns.

Commentary on Genesis, Vol. I |Martin Luther
There are (says the mystic) two forms of “humility”: detestable both, and condemnable.

William Blake |Algernon Charles Swinburne
Day and night, alone and unattended, I prowled around his casino at S. Mos, nursing this condemnable desire within my breast.

The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi |Count Carlo Gozzi

All books which meddle with the faith are condemnable and pernicious.

The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete |Emile Zola
Stranger still, her harsher qualities appeared where her manner of life was lawful, and her finer ones where it was condemnable.

Not Pretty, But Precious |John Hay, et al.

British Dictionary definitions for condemnable

condemn

/ (kənˈdɛm) /

verb (tr)

to express strong disapproval of; censure

to pronounce judicial sentence on

to demonstrate the guilt of his secretive behaviour condemned him

to judge or pronounce unfit for use that food has been condemned

to compel or force into a particular state or activity his disposition condemned him to boredom

Derived forms of condemn

condemnable (kənˈdɛməbəl), adjective condemnably, adverb condemnation, noun condemner, noun

condemningly, adverb

Word Origin for condemn

C13: from Old French condempner, from Latin condemnāre, from damnāre to condemn; see damn

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