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. George Santayana:

   Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover about his taste, not condemn him, if we are just, for knowing so human a passion.

2. Ngoako Ramatlhodi:

   The right of people to protest is protected by our Constitution. However, we condemn acts of. violence and intimidation associated with the protests, and appeal for calm by all concerned.

3. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:

   We should strongly condemn the launch by working with the international community.

4. Dandemis:

   Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

5. Brian Hargis:

   REJOICE AND CELEBRATE! today is NOT a ‘tragic error’ nor a ‘very solemn moment for the United States.’ We should not condemn the Supreme Court to Hell as Maxine Waters did today.