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