Condemn

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transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French condempner, from Latin condemnare, from com- + damnare to condemn — more at damn
Date: 14th century
1. to declare to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil usually after weighing evidence and without reservation policy widely condemned as racist
2.
- a. to pronounce guilty ; convict
- b. sentence, doom <condemn a prisoner to die
3. to adjudge unfit for use or consumption <condemn an old apartment building
4. to declare convertible to public use under the right of eminent domain
Synonyms: see criticize
? condemnable adjective
? condemnatory adjective
? condemner or condemnor noun