[syn: conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation, sentence]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Condemnation \Con"dem*na"tion\, n. [L. condemnatio.]
1. The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure;
blame; disapprobation.
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In every other sense of condemnation, as blame,
censure, reproof, private judgment, and the like.
--Paley.
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2. The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty,
unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to
punishment or forfeiture.
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A legal and judicial condemnation. --Paley.
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Whose condemnation is pronounced. --Shak.
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3. The state of being condemned.
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His pathetic appeal to posterity in the hopeless
hour of condemnation. --W. Irving.
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4. The ground or reason of condemning.
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This is the condemnation, that light is come into
the world, and men loved darkness rather light,
because their deeds were evil. --John iii.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
condemnation
n 1: an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong
or morally culpable; "his uncompromising condemnation of
racism" [syn: disapprobation, condemnation] [ant:
approbation]
2: (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: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on
someone or some group [syn: execration, condemnation,
curse]
4: the condition of being strongly disapproved of; "he deserved
nothing but condemnation"
5: (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case
and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as
no surprise" [syn: conviction, judgment of conviction,
condemnation, sentence] [ant: acquittal]