condemn synonyms

condemn

v.

  1. To send to punishment

    convict, doom, sentence, damn, adjudge, proscribe, pass sentence on, find guilty, utter judicial sentence against, seal the doom of, pronounce judgment, prescribe punishment; see also convict, punish.

    Antonyms acquit, excuse*, exonerate. *

  2. To blame

    denounce, reprobate, censure, rebuke; see censure, denounce. See syn. study at censure.

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