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English
Etymology
From Middle English condempnen, from Old French condamner, from Latin condemnāre (“to sentence, condemn, blame”), from com- + damnāre (“to harm, condemn, damn”), from damnum (“damage, injury, loss”). Displaced native Middle English fordemen (from Old English fordeman (“condemn, sentence, doom”) > Modern English fordeem.
Pronunciation
Verb
condemn (third-person singular simple present condemns, present participle condemning, simple past and past participle condemned)
- (transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
- The president condemned the terrorists.
1722, William Wollaston, “Sect. V. Truths relating to the Deity. Of his exiſtence, perfection, providence, &c.”, in The Religion of Nature Delineated, page 81:Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are.
- (transitive) To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
- (transitive) To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence
The judge condemned him to death.
She was condemned to life in prison.
- (transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
- (transitive) To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
- (transitive) To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
- (transitive) To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
- To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
1962 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Modern Railways, page 425:There was a massive slaughter of W.R. steam power at the conclusion of the summer timetable. In all, 169 locomotives were condemned.
- (transitive) To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
- (transitive, law) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- save
- (antonym(s) of "to pronounce guilty"): acquit
Related terms
Translations
to scold sharply
- Azerbaijani: qınamaq, pisləmək
- Belarusian: асуджа́ць impf (asudžácʹ), асудзі́ць pf (asudzícʹ)
- Bulgarian: порицавам (bg) (poricavam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 譴責/谴责 (zh) (qiǎnzé), 斥責/斥责 (zh) (chìzé)
- Finnish: tuomita (fi)
- French: condamner (fr)
- Georgian: დაგმობა (dagmoba), გმობს (gmobs)
- German: verurteilen (de)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (afdōmjan)
- Indonesian: mengecam (id), mengutuk (id)
- Khmer: ថ្កោលទោស (tkaol tooh)
- Macedonian: о́суди pf (ósudi), осу́дува impf (osúduva)
- Middle English: dampnen, condempnen
- Persian: محکوم کردن (fa) (mahkum kardan)
- Polish: potępiać (pl) impf, potępić (pl) pf
- Russian: осужда́ть (ru) impf (osuždátʹ), осуди́ть (ru) pf (osudítʹ), порица́ть (ru) impf (poricátʹ)
- Thai: ประณาม (th) (bprà-naam)
- Tocharian B: nāk-
- Turkish: kınamak (tr)
- Ukrainian: осу́джувати impf (osúdžuvaty), осуди́ти pf (osudýty)
- Yiddish: פֿאַרדאַמען (fardamen)
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to confer eternal divine punishment upon
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: осъжда́м (bg) impf (osǎždám), проклина́м (bg) impf (proklinám)
- Catalan: condemnar (ca)
- Cherokee: ᏗᎦᏘᎸᏍᏗ (digatilvsdi)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 譴責/谴责 (hin3 zaak6); 聲討/声讨 (seng1 tou2)
- Mandarin: 譴責/谴责 (zh) (qiǎnzé), 聲討/声讨 (zh) (shēngtǎo)
- Czech: proklít (cs) pf, proklínat (cs) impf
- Danish: fordømme
- Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: veroordelen (nl) n
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: tuomita (fi)
- French: condamner (fr)
- German: verdammen (de), verurteilen (de)
- Ido: kondamnar (io)
- Japanese: 責める (ja) (せめる, semeru), 非難する (ja) (ひなんする, hinan suru)
- Khmer: កាត់ទោស (kat tooh)
- Korean: 비난하다 (ko) (binanhada)
- Latin: addīcō
- Macedonian: про́колне pf (prókolne), ко́лне impf (kólne)
- Mirandese: cundanar
- Persian: please add this translation if you can
- Portuguese: condenar (pt)
- Russian: проклина́ть (ru) impf (proklinátʹ), прокля́сть (ru) pf (prokljástʹ), осужда́ть (ru) impf (osuždátʹ), осуди́ть (ru) pf (osudítʹ)
- Spanish: condenar (es)
- Swedish: fördöma (sv)
- Tamil: கண்டனம் தெரிவி (kaṇṭaṉam terivi)
- Turkish: lanetlemek (tr), kahretmek (tr)
- Welsh: condemnio (cy)
- Yiddish: פֿאַרדאַמען (fardamen)
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to adjudge as unfit for habitation
to adjudge food or drink as unfit for human consumption
to declare property to be assigned to public use
to declare a vessel forfeited or unfit for service
Translations to be checked
Further reading
- “condemn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “condemn”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “condemn”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.