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con·demn
/
kənˈdɛm
/
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[
k
uh
n-
dem
]
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verb (used with object)
1.
to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
2.
to pronounce to be guilty; sentence to punishment:
to condemn a murderer to life imprisonment.
3.
to give grounds or
reason
for convicting or censuring:
His acts condemn him.
4.
to judge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service:
to condemn an old building.
5.
U.S. Law.
to acquire ownership of for a public purpose, under the right of eminent domain:
The city condemned the property.
6.
to
force
into a specific state or activity:
His lack of education condemned him to a life of menial jobs.
7.
to declare incurable.
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Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
condempnen
<
Anglo-French,
Old French
condem
(
p
)
ner
<
Latin
condemnāre.
See
con-
,
damn
Related forms
con·dem·na·ble
/
kənˈdɛm
nə
bəl
/
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[
k
uh
n-
dem
-n
uh
-b
uh
l
]
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,
adjective
con·dem·na·bly,
adverb
con·demn·er
/
kənˈdɛm
ər
/
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[
k
uh
n-
dem
-er
]
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,
con·dem·nor
/
kənˈdɛm
ər
,
kən
dɛmˈnɔr
/
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[
k
uh
n-
dem
-er
,
k
uh
n-dem-
nawr
]
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,
noun
con·demn·ing·ly,
adverb
re·con·demn,
verb (used with object)
self-con·demned,
adjective
self-con·demn·ing,
adjective
un·con·dem·na·ble,
adjective
un·con·demned,
adjective
un·con·demn·ing,
adjective
un·con·demn·ing·ly,
adverb
Can be confused:
1.
blame
,
censure
,
condemn
(see synonym study at
blame
) ;
2.
condemn,
contemn
.
Synonyms
1.
See
blame
.
Antonyms
2.
exonerate, liberate.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
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condemn
(kənˈdɛm)
—
vb
1.
to express strong disapproval of; censure
2.
to pronounce judicial sentence on
3.
to demonstrate the guilt of:
his secretive behaviour condemned him
4.
to judge or pronounce unfit for use:
that food has been condemned
5.
to compel or force into a particular state or activity:
his disposition condemned him to boredom
[C13: from Old French
condempner,
from Latin
condemnāre,
from
damnāre
to condemn; see
damn
]
condemnable
—
adj
con'demnably
—
adv
condem'nation
—
n
con'demner
—
n
con'demningly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
condemn
c.1300, from O.Fr. condemner, from L. condemnare, from com- intensive prefix + damnare "to harm, damage." Replaced O.E. fordeman.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
As a result they
condemn
themselves to ineffectiveness.
It is not a day for me to
condemn
anyone else, given my own failings and sins.
We
condemn
any attempts to infiltrate company networks to obtain user
information.
Gold never provided the straight jacket on credit expansion that gold bugs
today proclaim or that mainstream economists
condemn
.
If you laud hyperbole in one post and
condemn
hyperbole in the next, don't be surprised if you get criticized.
Few have dared
condemn
, and many have praised, their murderers.
If it is wrong there, then feel free to
condemn
those mistakes.
Some people will take the article to the opposite far end which is unfortunate but not a reason to
condemn
the position.
The faculty voted overwhelmingly to
condemn
the newspaper, not the administrator.
Their fans argue, however, that the sins of the few should not
condemn
the lot.
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