condemn
Meaning
- (transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
- (transitive) To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
- (transitive) To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence
- (transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
- (figuratively, transitive) To destine to experience bad circumstances; to doom.
- (transitive) To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
- (transitive) To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
- (transitive) To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
- (transitive) To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
- (transitive) To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
- (transitive) To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
- (transitive) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government or to be a prize.
Synonyms
denounce
disapprove of
find guilty
issue judgement against
Translations
condamner
condenar
verurteilen
condannare
condenar
veroordelen
condemnar
καταδικάζωFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kənˈdɛm/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English condempnen, from Old French condamner, from Latin condemnāre (“to sentence, condemn, blame”), from com- + damnāre (“to harm, condemn, damn”), from damnum (“damage, injury, loss”). Displaced native Middle English fordemen (from Old English fordeman (“condemn, sentence, doom”) > Modern English fordeem.
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