Meanings
plural condemnations
- countableuncountableThe act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong.
1 more example
As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers".
2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3Synonyms: censure, blame, disapprobation · Antonyms: approval, praise, accolade, approbation, approval, attaboy, appreciation, compliment
- countableuncountableThe act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.
Synonyms: attaintment, judgement, attaintment, conviction, judgement, proscription · Antonyms: acquittal, exoneration, absolution, acquittance, acquitment, acquittal, assoilment, compurgation
- countableuncountableThe state of being condemned.
- countableuncountableThe process by which a public entity exercises its powers of eminent domain.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong.
nounThe act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.
nounThe ground or reason of condemning.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable
nounan appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
noun(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincondemnātiō, condemnātiōnem
- Middle Englishcondempnacioun
- Englishcondemnation
From Middle English condempnacioun, from Latin condemnātiō, condemnātiōnem.
More words from Middle English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek καταδίκη
- καταδίκη (katadíkē)act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty
Arabic إِدَانَة
- إِدَانَة (ʔidāna)act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty
Bengali নিন্দা করা, দোষারোপ করা
- নিন্দা করা (ninda kora)act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
- দোষারোপ করা (dōśarōp kora)act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty
Bulgarian осъждане, порицание
- осъждане (osăždane)act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
- порицание (poricanie)act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
- осъждане (osăždane)act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty
- присъда (prisăda)act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty
Chinese Mandarin 譴責 /谴责, 非難 /非难
- 譴責 /谴责 (qiǎnzé)act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
- 非難 /非难 (fēinàn)act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
French condamnation, condamnation
- condamnationact of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
- condamnationact of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty
German Verdammung, Verdammung
- Verdammungact of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
- Verdammungact of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty
- Verdammnisstate of being condemned
Irish cáineadh
- cáineadhact of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
Japanese 非難, 断罪
- 非難 (hinan)act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
- 断罪 (danzai)act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty
Polish potępienie
- potępieniestate of being condemned
Romanian condamnare, condamnare
- condamnareact of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
- condamnareact of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty
Russian осужде́ние, порица́ние
- осужде́ние (osuždénije)act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
- порица́ние (poricánije)act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
- осужде́ние (osuždénije)act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty
- пригово́р (prigovór)act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty
Spanish condenación
- condenaciónact of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
Turkish mahkumiyet
- mahkumiyetact of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty
Urdu مَذَمَّت
- مَذَمَّت (maẕammat)act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with condemnation
Cite this entry
condemnation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condemnation
“condemnation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condemnation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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