condemn

verb

(transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.

(transitive) To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.

(transitive) To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence

(transitive, figuratively) To destine to experience bad circumstances; to doom.

(transitive) To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.

(transitive) To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.

(transitive) To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.

(transitive, law) To declare (a vessel) to be unfit for service.

(transitive) To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.

(transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon.

(transitive) To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.

(transitive, law) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government or to be a prize.

Roots

damnum-demn · Latin · loss, harm

Synonyms for condemn

decryv denouncev denunciatev reprobaten criticizev reprehendv anathematizev accusev sentencen reprovev

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The word condemn breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root -demn, from Latin damnum (“loss, harm”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.