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noun
The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: censure, blame, disapprobation
Antonyms: approval, praise, accolade, approbation, attaboy, compliment, commend, commendation, congratulation, douceur, encomium, encouragement, extolment, laudation, laudits, props, tout
noun
The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: attaintment, judgement, condemnation, conviction, proscription
Antonyms: acquittal, exoneration, absolution, acquittance, acquitment, assoilment, compurgation, disculpation, exculpation, not guilty, quittance, vindication
noun
The state of being condemned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The ground or reason of condemning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: acquittal, justification
noun
The process by which a public entity exercises its powers of eminent domain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: conviction, judgment of conviction, sentence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: final judgment, final decision
Narrower terms: murder conviction, rape conviction, robbery conviction
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disapproval
noun
an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: disapprobation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disapproval
Narrower terms: censure, animadversion, demonization, demonisation
noun
an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: execration, curse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: denunciation, denouncement
Narrower terms: anathema, imprecation, malediction
noun
the condition of being strongly disapproved of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
History
From Middle English condempnacioun, from Latin condemnātiō, condemnātiōnem.
Across languages
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