v. t. | 1. | To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure. |
2. | To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt. | |
3. | To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; - with to before the penalty. | |
4. | To amerce or fine; - with in before the penalty. | |
5. | To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; | |
6. | (Law) To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain. |
Verb | 1. | condemn - express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" |
2. | condemn - declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector" | |
3. | condemn - compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence" | |
4. | condemn - demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her" | |
5. | condemn - pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" |