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condemnation - 3 dictionary results

con⋅dem⋅na⋅tion

[kon-dem-ney-shuhn, -duhm-]
–noun
1. the act of condemning.
2. the state of being condemned.
3. strong censure; disapprobation; reproof.
4. a cause or reason for condemning.
5. U.S. Law. the seizure, as of property, for public use.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME condempnacioun (< MF) < LL condemnātiōn- (s. of condemnātiō). See condemn, -ation
con·dem·na·tion   (kŏn'děm-nā'shən)   
n.  
    1. The act of condemning.
    2. The state of being condemned.
  1. Severe reproof; strong censure.
  2. A reason or occasion for condemning.

Condemnation

Con"dem*na"tion\, n. [L. condemnatio.]

1. The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.

In every other sense of condemnation, as blame, censure, reproof, private judgment, and the like. --Paley.

2. The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.

A legal and judicial condemnation. --Paley.

Whose condemnation is pronounced. --Shak.

3. The state of being condemned.

His pathetic appeal to posterity in the hopeless hour of condemnation. --W. Irving.

4. The ground or reason of condemning.

This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather light, because their deeds were evil. --John iii. 19.
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