'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

Words containing 'Condemn'