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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. containing or imposing condemnation or censure;
- Example: "a condemnatory decree"
[syn: condemnatory, condemning]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Condemn \Con*demn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condemned; p. pr. & vb. n. Condemning (? or ?).] [L. condemnare; con- + damnare to condemn: cf. F. condamner. See Damn.] 1. To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure. [1913 Webster] Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it! Why, every fault's condemned ere it be done. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Wilt thou condemn him that is most just? --Job xxxiv. 17. [1913 Webster] 2. To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt. [1913 Webster] The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it. --Matt. xii. 42. [1913 Webster] 3. To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty. [1913 Webster] Driven out from bliss, condemned In this abhorred deep to utter woe. --Milton. [1913 Webster] To each his sufferings; all are men, Condemned alike to groan. --Gray. [1913 Webster] And they shall condemn him to death. --Matt. xx. 18. [1913 Webster] The thief condemned, in law already dead. --Pope. [1913 Webster] No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 4. To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty. [1913 Webster] The king of Egypt . . . condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver. --2 Cron. xxxvi. 3. [1913 Webster] 5. 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. [1913 Webster] 6. (Law) To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain. Syn: To blame; censure; reprove; reproach; upbraid; reprobate; convict; doom; sentence; adjudge. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

condemning adj 1: containing or imposing condemnation or censure; "a condemnatory decree" [syn: condemnatory, condemning]