condemn

Verb
Synonyms: reprobatedecryobjurgateexcoriatesentencedoom

WordNet 3.0

Verb (6)

  1. express strong disapproval of“We condemn the racism in South Africa”“These ideas were reprobated”Synonyms: reprobatedecryobjurgateexcoriate
  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”Synonyms: sentencedoom
  6. appropriate (property) for public use“the county condemned the land to build a highway”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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