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Condemn (verb)
To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
“The president condemned the terrorists.”
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Condemn (verb)
To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
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Condemn (verb)
To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
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Condemn (verb)
To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
“The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.”
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Condemn (verb)
To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
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Condemn (verb)
To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
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Condemn (verb)
To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
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Condemn (verb)
To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
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Condone (verb)
To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
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Condone (verb)
To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
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Condone (verb)
To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).
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Condemn (verb)
express complete disapproval of; censure
“the plan was condemned by campaigners”
“most leaders roundly condemned the attack”
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Condemn (verb)
sentence (someone) to a particular punishment, especially death
“the rebels had been condemned to death”
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Condemn (verb)
(of circumstances) force (someone) to endure or accept something unpleasant
“the physical ailments that condemned him to a lonely childhood”
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Condemn (verb)
prove or show to be guilty or unsatisfactory
“she could see in his eyes that her stumble had condemned her”
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Condemn (verb)
officially declare (something) to be unfit for use
“the pool has been condemned as a health hazard”
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Condone (verb)
accept (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive)
“the college cannot condone any behaviour that involves illicit drugs”
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Condone (verb)
approve or sanction (something), especially with reluctance
“those arrested were released and the exhibition was officially condoned a few weeks later”