CONDEMNATION

conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation, sentence

(noun) (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; “the conviction came as no surprise”

condemnation

(noun) (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)

disapprobation, condemnation

(noun) an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable; “his uncompromising condemnation of racism”

execration, condemnation, curse

(noun) an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

condemnation

(noun) the condition of being strongly disapproved of; “he deserved nothing but condemnation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

condemnation (countable and uncountable, plural condemnations)

The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong

Synonyms: 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.

The process by which a public entity exercises its powers of eminent domain.

Antonyms

• (act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong): praise

• (act of judicially adjudging guilty): acquittal

• (ground or reason of condemning): acquittal, justification

Source: Wiktionary

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Con"dem*na"tion, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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