'Condemn' definitions:
Definition of 'condemn'
From: WordNet
verb
Express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [syn: condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate]
verb
Declare or judge unfit for use or habitation; "The building was condemned by the inspector"
verb
Compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"
verb
Demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her"
verb
Pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" [syn: sentence, condemn, doom]
verb
Appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway"
Definition of 'Condemn'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'condemn'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accuse,
- act on,
- anathematize,
- anathemize,
- animadvert on,
- arraign,
- attaint,
- belittle,
- blacklist,
- blame,
- bring home to,
- bring to ruin,
- call to account,
- cast blame upon,
- cast reflection upon,
- censure,
- complain against,
- condemned,
- confound,
- consigned,
- consume,
- convict,
- criticize,
- cry down,
- cry out against,
- cry out on,
- cry shame upon,
- damn,
- damned,
- deal destruction,
- decimate,
- decree,
- decry,
- denounce,
- denunciate,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- depredate,
- desolate,
- despoil,
- destined,
- destroy,
- devastate,
- devour,
- disapprove,
- disparage,
- dissolve,
- doom,
- doomed,
- engorge,
- excommunicate,
- fated,
- find,
- find against,
- find for,
- find guilty,
- foreordained,
- fulminate against,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- gut,
- gut with fire,
- havoc,
- impeach,
- impugn,
- incinerate,
- indict,
- inveigh against,
- knock,
- lay in ruins,
- lay waste,
- ordained,
- order,
- pass judgment,
- pass sentence,
- pass sentence on,
- penalize,
- pronounce,
- pronounce judgment,
- pronounce on,
- pronounce sentence,
- proscribe,
- rap,
- ravage,
- rebuke,
- reflect upon,
- report,
- reprehend,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- reprobate,
- reprove,
- return a verdict,
- ruin,
- ruinate,
- rule,
- scold,
- sentence,
- shake up,
- shipwreck,
- skin,
- swallow up,
- throw into disorder,
- unleash destruction,
- unleash the hurricane,
- upbraid,
- upheave,
- utter a judgment,
- vandalize,
- vaporize,
- waste,
- wrack,
- wreak havoc,
- wreck