Synonyms for condemn
kənˈdɛmcon·demn

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1. condemnverb

   Synonyms:
   damn

   Antonyms:
   save

2. condemnverb

   To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.

   Synonyms:
   damn

   Antonyms:
   save

3. condemnverb

   To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.

   The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.

   Synonyms:
   damn

   Antonyms:
   save

4. condemnverb

   To scold sharply; to excoriate the perpetrators of.

   Synonyms:
   damn

   Antonyms:
   save

5. condemnverb

   To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.

   Synonyms:
   damn

   Antonyms:
   save

6. condemnverb

   To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain

   Synonyms:
   damn

   Antonyms:
   save

7. condemnverb

   To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.

   Synonyms:
   damn

   Antonyms:
   save

8. condemnverb

   To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.

   Synonyms:
   damn

   Antonyms:
   save

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1. condemn

   To condemn is to pass judicial sentence or render judgment or decision against. We may censure silently; we condemn ordinarily by open and formal utterance. Condemn is more final than blame or censure; a condemned criminal has had his trial; a condemned building can not stand; a condemned ship can not sail. A person is convicted when his guilt is made clearly manifest to others; in somewhat archaic use, a person is said to be convicted when guilt is brought clearly home to his own conscience (convict in this sense being allied with convince, which see under PERSUADE); in legal usage one is said to be convicted only by the verdict of a jury. In stating the penalty of an offense, the legal word sentence is now more common than condemn; as, he was sentenced to imprisonment; but it is good usage to say, he was condemned to imprisonment. To denounce is to make public or official declaration against, especially in a violent and threatening manner.

   From the pulpits in the northern States Burr was denounced as an assassin.

   Coffin Building the Nation ch. 10, p. 137. [Harper & Bros. '83.]

   To doom is to condemn solemnly and consign to evil or destruction or to predetermine to an evil destiny; an inferior race in presence of a superior is doomed to subjugation or extinction. Compare ARRAIGN; REPROVE.

   Synonyms:
   blame, censure, convict, denounce, doom, reprobate, reprove, sentence

   Antonyms:
   absolve, acquit, applaud, approve, exonerate, justify, pardon, pardon, praise

   Preposition:
   The bandit was condemned to death for his crime.

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1. condemn

   Synonyms:
   blame, convict, reprove, cast, censure, denounce, doom, sentence

   Antonyms:
   absolve, acquit, exonerate, pardon, justify, approve

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1. condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriateverb

   express strong disapproval of

   "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"

   Synonyms:
   chasten, correct, castigate, doom, sentence, excoriate, reprobate, chastise, decry, chafe, objurgate

2. condemnverb

   declare or judge unfit for use or habitation

   "The building was condemned by the inspector"

   Synonyms:
   decry, objurgate, doom, sentence, reprobate, excoriate

3. condemnverb

   compel or force into a particular state or activity

   "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"

   Synonyms:
   decry, objurgate, doom, sentence, reprobate, excoriate

4. condemnverb

   demonstrate the guilt of (someone)

   "Her strange behavior condemned her"

   Synonyms:
   decry, objurgate, doom, sentence, reprobate, excoriate

5. sentence, condemn, doomverb

   pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

   "He was condemned to ten years in prison"

   Synonyms:
   fate, doom, sentence, excoriate, designate, reprobate, decry, destine, objurgate

6. condemnverb

   appropriate (property) for public use

   "the county condemned the land to build a highway"

   Synonyms:
   decry, objurgate, doom, sentence, reprobate, excoriate

Matched Categories

1. • Compel
   • Declare
   • Demonstrate
   • Impound

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1. condemn

   Synonyms:
   v. a. sentence, doom

2. condemn

   Synonyms:
   censure, blame, disapprove, reprove, reprobate, upbraid, pass censure on

3. condemn

   Synonyms:
   adjudge (a ship) to be unseaworthy

4. condemn

   Synonyms:
   confiscate, declare to be forfeited

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1. condemnverb

   Synonyms:
   denounce, anathematize, curse, execrate, reprobate, doom, ban

   Antonyms:
   exonerate, exculpate, vindicate, absolve, justify, praise

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1. List of paraphrases for "condemn":

   denounce, condemns, convict, condemned, condemning, deplore, denounces, condemnation, reprimand, order, criticise, denounced

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How to use condemn in a sentence?

1. Vice President Joe Biden:

   The United States condemns these acts and condemns the failure to condemn these acts.

2. Nick LaLota:

   Antisemitism in any form is vile, unacceptable, and I condemn it in the strongest way possible. New York students should be learning and tested on real history, not ideological revisions. I urge Governor Hochul and Commissioner Rosa to act in the best interest of our students, it defies comprehension how such a blatant antisemitic question passed through the layers of approval process in our state’s education system, but unfortunately, it’s a reflection of the far-left anti-Israel ideology that is permeating our government.

3. Nelson Piquet:

   I would never use the word I have been accused of in some translations, i strongly condemn any suggestion that the word was used by me with the aim of belittling a driver because of his skin color […] Discrimination has no place in F1 or society and I am happy to clarify my thoughts in that respect.

4. Lamis Abdelaaty on Twitter:

   But identity is not the whole story, there is a foreign policy dimension to this too. It matters that Ukrainians are fleeing a Russian invasion. Welcoming them is another way for European countries to condemn Putin and to powerfully signal which side of the conflict they are on.

5. Mawlawi Baz Mohammad Sarwary:

   Child marriage is not a good thing and we condemn it, some are forced because they are poor.