Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong.

    Verdammung

    осужде́ниеosuždénije, порица́ниеporicánije

    an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.

    Verdammung

    осужде́ниеosuždénije, пригово́рprigovór

    (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)

  3. (countable, uncountable)The state of being condemned.

    Verdammnis

  4. (countable, uncountable)The ground or reason of condemning.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The process by which a public entity exercises its powers of eminent domain.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. ISIS's brutality deserves our strongest possible condemnation.

  2. His remarks added up to a condemnation of my plan.

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  3. Crimes of war and crimes against humanity demand global condemnation.

  4. Collective condemnation of the genocidal war is a moral imperative.

  5. The condemnation has been confirmed to be 5 years in prison.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong:
act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong:
state of being condemned:

Origin

From Middle English condempnacioun, from Latin condemnātiō, condemnātiōnem.

From Middle English condempnacioun, from Latin condemnātiō, condemnātiōnem.

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Forms

plural: condemnations
Singularcondemnation
Pluralcondemnations

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable:disapprobation
  • an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group:execrationcurse
  • (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed:convictionjudgment of convictionsentence

Antonyms

31 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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