Condemn meaning
The definition of condemn is to state that someone or something is wrong or evil or to sentence to punishment.
An example of condemn is to announce that a person is guilty of murder.
An example of condemn is to sentence a murderer to life in prison.
verb
To express strong disapproval of.
Condemned the needless waste of food.
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To judge or declare to be unfit for use or consumption, usually by official order.
Condemn an old building.
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To pronounce judgment against; sentence.
Condemned the felons to prison.
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To force (someone) to experience, endure, or do something.
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To lend credence to or provide evidence for an adverse judgment against.
Were condemned by their actions.
verb
To appropriate (property) for public use.
verb
To pass an adverse judgment on; disapprove of strongly; censure.
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To take (private property) for public use by the power of eminent domain; expropriate.
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To declare unfit for use or service.
To condemn a slum tenement.
verb
To expropriate private property, usually land, for public use. See also appropriation and eminent domain.
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To adjudge someone guilty of a crime or to impose sentence, especially a severe penalty such as death or life imprisonment.
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To adjudge something, often a building, to be illegal, unfit for public use, or a hazard to the public and order it to be destroyed.
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To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
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To scold sharply; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
The president condemns the terrorist.
The president condemns the terrorist attacks.
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To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
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To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
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To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
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(law) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
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Origin of condemn
- Middle English condemnen from Old French condemner from Latin condemnāre com- intensive pref. com– damnāre to sentence (from damnum penalty)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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