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The Meaning of condemn

  • (v. t.) To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.
  • (v. t.) To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.
  • (v. t.) To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty.
  • (v. t.) To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty.
  • (v. t.) To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned.
  • (v. t.) To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain.

Synonyms

chasten , correct , castigate , doom , sentence , excoriate , reprobate , chastise , decry , chafe , objurgate , fate , designate , destine , blame , convict , reprove , censure , denounce

Antonyms

absolve , applaud , exonerate , pardon , acquit , approve , justify , praise

Rhymes

behm , bem , bethlehem , blehm , brehm , brem , cardizem , chem , clem , dehm , demme , diadem , difm , em , emme , femme , fm , gem , gemme , hem , hemm , hemme , jem , kehm , kem , khem , klem , klemm , lem , lemm , m , mayhem , mgm , pgm , phlegm , pm , ppm , prem , rehm , rem , remme , rhem , rpm , schemm , schwemm , stem , temme , them