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.

Origin of condemnation

1350–1400; Middle English condempnacioun (< Middle French) < Late Latin condemnātiōn- (stem of condemnātiō). See condemn, -ation

Related formsnon·con·dem·na·tion, nounre·con·dem·na·tion, nounself-con·dem·na·tion, noun

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As the evening wore on, condemnation continued to pour in from around the world.
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“Words of condemnation and marginalization were avoided,” he says.
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Ahead of his statement the PKK issued a condemnation of the strikes.
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Coming from the Jordanian cleric, that condemnation is especially powerful.
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But it at least shows a desire to shift the rhetoric away from sin and condemnation.
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In every line of the narrative he had heard, he had heard his condemnation.
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
We do not mean however to hold forth this circumstance as decisive in its condemnation.
Imogen
William Godwin
The Jesuit influence at Rome had procured the condemnation of the book.
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Mrs. Humphry Ward
This, however, helped him little; for in the Bible he read his own condemnation.
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James Anthony Froude
There had been something of condemnation sometimes in the Sicilian's eyes as they looked into his.
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Word Origin and History for condemnation

late 14c., from Latin condemnationem (nominative condemnatio), noun of action from past participle stem of condemnare (see condemn).