Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of condemning.
- noun The state of being condemned.
- noun Severe reproof; strong censure.
- noun A reason or occasion for condemning.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of condemning.
- noun The act of judicially or officially declaring something to be unfit for use or service: as, the condemnation of a ship that is unseaworthy, or a building that is unsafe.
- noun The act of a court of competent jurisdiction in adjudging a prize or captured vessel to have been lawfully captured.
- noun The act of determining and declaring, after due process of law, that some specific property is required for public use, and must be surrendered by the owner on payment of damages to be determined by commissioners or a jury: as, the condemnation of private lands for a highway, a railroad, a public park, etc.
- noun Strong censure; disapprobation; reproof.
- noun Adverse judgment; the amount of a judgment against one.
- noun The state of being condemned.
- noun The cause or reason of a sentence of guilt or punishment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.
- noun The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.
- noun The state of being condemned.
- noun The ground or reason of condemning.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
condemning orpronouncing to bewrong ;censure ;blame ;disapprobation . - noun The act of
judicially condemning, oradjudging guilty , unfit for use, orforfeited ; the act ofdooming topunishment orforfeiture . - noun The
state of being condemned. - noun The
ground or reason of condemning. - noun The process by which a public entity exercises its powers of
eminent domain .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
- noun an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable
- noun the condition of being strongly disapproved of
- noun (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)
- noun (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
Etymologies
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Examples
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But when the consequences of one little slip are an institution-wide airing of the slip, a public condemnation from the Dean, a national news story, the danger of possible lost jobs for years to come, would a sensible person really say
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Limits of Caution, Judgment, and Tact as Protection 2010
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So you concede that no condemnation from the UNSC is forthcoming.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Free Gaza” Activists’ Version of the Ship Incident 2010
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The release of the Afghanistan documents in July led to sharp words of condemnation from the Pentagon, which accused the website of endangering the lives of Afghans who had aided the U.S. and exposing U.S. sources and methods.
WikiLeaks Discloses Reports From Iraq Julian E. Barnes 2010
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This chorus of entirely predictable widespread condemnation is the primary reason why no cease-fire will endure.
The Palestinian's tactics and "proportionality" Not a sheep 2009
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And condemnation is a long shot because of the political fallout.
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Retrospective condemnation is easy — this was a largely anti-Semitic population that had embraced the psychological and material benefits bestowed by a homicidal regime, and that remained inert in the face of what we now call genocide.
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So they may well hear, you know, at least the condemnation from the Chinese government, go online, look him up, find out more about "Charter 08" and get informed.
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So they may well hear, you know, at least the condemnation from the Chinese government, go online, look him up, find out more about "Charter 08" and get informed.
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Retrospective condemnation is easy — this was a largely anti-Semitic population that had embraced the psychological and material benefits bestowed by a homicidal regime, and that remained inert in the face of what we now call genocide.
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Eliciting condemnation is the essence of the overall strategy of Israel's enemies to demonise and delegitimise the Jewish state in the eyes of the world.
The Palestinian's tactics and "proportionality" Not a sheep 2009
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