condemnation
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con·dem·na·tion 
[kon-dem-ney-shuhn, -duhm-] Pronunciation Key
[kon-dem-ney-shuhn, -duhm-] Pronunciation Key –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. |
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| con·dem·na·tion
(kŏn'děm-nā'shən) Pronunciation Key
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| condemnation | |
noun | |
| 1. | an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable; "his uncompromising condemnation of racism" [syn: disapprobation] [ant: approbation] |
| 2. | (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building) |
| 3. | an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group [syn: execration] |
| 4. | the condition of being strongly disapproved of; "he deserved nothing but condemnation" |
| 5. | (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise" [syn: conviction] [ant: acquittal] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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