condemnation

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The state of being condemned.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The ground or reason of condemning.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The process by which a public entity exercises its powers of eminent domain.

Opposite of
praise, acquittal, justification
Frequency

33k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌkɒndɛmˈneɪʃən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English condempnacioun, from Latin condemnātiō, condemnātiōnem.

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