condemnation
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (5)
- an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable“his uncompromising condemnation of racism”Synonyms: disapprobation
- (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)
- an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some groupSynonyms: execrationcurse
- the condition of being strongly disapproved of“he deserved nothing but condemnation”
- (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed“the conviction came as no surprise”Synonyms: convictionjudgment of convictionsentence
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Condemnation \Con"dem*na"tion\, n. [L. condemnatio.]
1.The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation. [1913 Webster]
In every other sense of condemnation, as blame, censure, reproof, private judgment, and the like.— Paley.[1913 Webster]
2.The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture. [1913 Webster]
A legal and judicial condemnation.— Paley.[1913 Webster]
Whose condemnation is pronounced.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
3.The state of being condemned. [1913 Webster]
His pathetic appeal to posterity in the hopeless hour of condemnation.— W. Irving.[1913 Webster]
4.The ground or reason of condemning. [1913 Webster]
This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather light, because their deeds were evil.— John iii. 19.[1913 Webster]