Dictionary Definition
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, curse]
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, judgment
of conviction, sentence] [ant: acquittal]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
- The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.
- The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.
- The state of being condemned.
- The ground or reason of condemning.
Translations
act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
- Ewe: fɔbubu
- German: Verdammung
act of judicially condemning, or adjudging
guilty
- Ewe: fɔbubu
- German: Verdammung
state of being condemned
- German: Verdammnis
Extensive Definition
Condemnation or condemned may refer to:
- in property law, condemnation is identical to eminent domain
- the revocation of an occupancy permit, or an order for demolition of a building
- a strongly-worded rebuke, such as condemning violations of human rights
- sometimes used in reference to a guilty verdict, particularly when the sentence issued is to be capital punishment
- Damnation, the antithesis of salvation.
- "Condemnation" (song), a song by Depeche Mode
- Condemned (film), a 1929 film that earned Ronald Colman an Academy Award nomination
- The Condemned, a 2007 film
- Condemned: Criminal Origins, a survival horror video game and its sequel Condemned 2: Bloodshot
- "Condemned" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of the television series Stargate Atlantis
- Condemned (band), a death metal band from Belfast, United Kingdom
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acquittal, action, anathema, arraignment, award, blame, castigation, censure, consideration, damnation, decision, decree, decrial, deliverance, denouncement, denunciation, determination, diagnosis, dictum, doom, excoriation, finding, flaying, fulmination, fustigation, impeachment, indictment, judgment, landmark decision,
order, penalty, pillorying, precedent, prognosis, pronouncement, reprehension, reprobation, resolution, ruling, sentence, skinning alive,
stricture, verdict