condemnation
[kon-dem-ney-shuh n, -duh m-]
- the act of condemning.
- the state of being condemned.
- strong censure; disapprobation; reproof.
- a cause or reason for condemning.
- U.S. Law. the seizure, as of property, for public use.
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Origin of condemnation
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Examples from the Web for condemnation
Contemporary Examples
As the evening wore on, condemnation continued to pour in from around the world.
“Words of condemnation and marginalization were avoided,” he says.
Ahead of his statement the PKK issued a condemnation of the strikes.
Coming from the Jordanian cleric, that condemnation is especially powerful.
Al Qaeda to ISIS: Get Off My Lawn—The Theological Debate Behind the CaliphateJamie Dettmer
July 9, 2014
But it at least shows a desire to shift the rhetoric away from sin and condemnation.
Historical Examples
In every line of the narrative he had heard, he had heard his condemnation.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
We do not mean however to hold forth this circumstance as decisive in its condemnation.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
The Jesuit influence at Rome had procured the condemnation of the book.
A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume IIMrs. Humphry Ward
This, however, helped him little; for in the Bible he read his own condemnation.
BunyanJames Anthony Froude
There had been something of condemnation sometimes in the Sicilian's eyes as they looked into his.
A Spirit in PrisonRobert Hichens
Word Origin and History for condemnation
n.
late 14c., from Latin condemnationem (nominative condemnatio), noun of action from past participle stem of condemnare (see condemn).
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