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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (6)

1. express strong disapproval of;
- Example: "We condemn the racism in South Africa"
- Example: "These ideas were reprobated"
[syn: condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate]

2. declare or judge unfit for use or habitation;
- Example: "The building was condemned by the inspector"

3. compel or force into a particular state or activity;
- Example: "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"

4. demonstrate the guilt of (someone);
- Example: "Her strange behavior condemned her"

5. pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law;
- Example: "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
[syn: sentence, condemn, doom]

6. appropriate (property) for public use;
- Example: "the county condemned the land to build a highway"


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):

condemn v 1: express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [syn: condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate] 2: declare or judge unfit for use or habitation; "The building was condemned by the inspector" 3: compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence" 4: demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her" 5: pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" [syn: sentence, condemn, doom] 6: appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway"