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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English condempnen, from Old French condamner, from Latin condemnāre (“to sentence, condemn, blame”), from com- + damnāre (“to harm, condemn, damn”), from damnum (“damage, injury, loss”). Displaced native Middle English fordemen (from Old English fordeman (“condemn, sentence, doom”) > Modern English fordeem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kənˈdɛm/
    • (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /kənˈdɪm/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Verb

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condemn (third-person singular simple present condemns, present participle condemning, simple past and past participle condemned)

  1. (transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate. Synonyms: admonish, objurgate, upbraid; see also Thesaurus:criticize The president condemned the terrorists.
    • 1722, William Wollaston, “Sect. V. Truths relating to the Deity. Of his exiſtence, perfection, providence, &c.”, in The Religion of Nature Delineated‎[1], page 81:Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are.
  2. (transitive) To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty. Synonyms: convict, damn, sentence; see also Thesaurus:convict Antonyms: acquit, clear, vindicate; see also Thesaurus:acquit
  3. (transitive) To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence The judge condemned him to death. She was condemned to life in prison.
  4. (transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon. Synonym: damn Antonym: save
  5. (transitive, figuratively) To destine to experience bad circumstances; to doom. Synonyms: curse, fate, foreordain, preordain Too many people are condemned to a life of poverty.
  6. (transitive) To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
    • 1962 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Modern Railways, page 425:There was a massive slaughter of W.R. steam power at the conclusion of the summer timetable. In all, 169 locomotives were condemned.
    1. (transitive) To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation. The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
    2. (transitive) To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
    3. (transitive) To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
    4. (transitive, law) To declare (a vessel) to be unfit for service.
  7. (transitive) To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
  8. (transitive, law) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government or to be a prize.

Derived terms

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  • condemnee
  • condemner
  • condemn to
  • forecondemn
  • precondemn
  • recondemn
  • uncondemn
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  • condemnable
  • condemnation

Translations

[edit] to strongly criticise or denounce
  • Azerbaijani: qınamaq, pisləmək
  • Belarusian: асуджа́ць impf (asudžácʹ), асудзі́ць pf (asudzícʹ)
  • Bulgarian: порицавам (bg) (poricavam)
  • Catalan: condemnar (ca)
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 譴責 / 谴责 (zh) (qiǎnzé), 斥責 / 斥责 (zh) (chìzé)
  • Finnish: tuomita (fi)
  • French: condamner (fr)
  • Georgian: დაგმობა (dagmoba), გმობს (gmobs)
  • German: verurteilen (de)
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (afdōmjan)
  • Indonesian: mengecam (id), mengutuk (id)
  • Khmer: ថ្កោលទោស (tkaol tooh)
  • Macedonian: о́суди pf (ósudi), осу́дува impf (osúduva)
  • Middle English: dampnen, condempnen
  • Persian: محکوم کردن (fa) (mahkum kardan)
  • Polish: potępiać (pl) impf, potępić (pl) pf
  • Portuguese: condenar (pt)
  • Russian: осужда́ть (ru) impf (osuždátʹ), осуди́ть (ru) pf (osudítʹ), порица́ть (ru) impf (poricátʹ)
  • Thai: ประณาม (th) (bprà-naam)
  • Tocharian B: nāk-
  • Turkish: kınamak (tr)
  • Ukrainian: осу́джувати impf (osúdžuvaty), осуди́ти pf (osudýty)
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרדאַמען (fardamen)
to pronounce guilty
  • Belarusian: асуджа́ць impf (asudžácʹ), асудзі́ць pf (asudzícʹ)
  • Bulgarian: осъжда́м (bg) impf (osǎždám)
  • Catalan: condemnar (ca)
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 判罪 (zh) (pànzuì)
  • Dutch: veroordelen (nl)
  • Esperanto: kondamni
  • Finnish: tuomita (fi), tuomita syylliseksi
  • French: déclarer coupable
  • German: verurteilen (de)
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gawargjan)
  • Greek: καταδικάζω (el) (katadikázo) Ancient: κατακρίνω (katakrínō)
  • Italian: condannare (it)
  • Japanese: 断罪する (ja) (だんざいする, danzai suru)
  • Macedonian: о́суди pf (ósudi), осу́дува impf (osúduva)
  • Middle English: dampnen, condempnen
  • Persian: محکوم کردن (fa) (mahkum kardan)
  • Portuguese: condenar (pt)
  • Russian: осужда́ть (ru) impf (osuždátʹ), осуди́ть (ru) pf (osudítʹ)
  • Spanish: condenar (es)
  • Swedish: döma (sv)
  • Ukrainian: засу́джувати impf (zasúdžuvaty), засуди́ти pf (zasudýty), осу́джувати impf (osúdžuvaty), осуди́ти pf (osudýty)
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרמשפּטן (farmshptn)
to confer eternal divine punishment upon
  • Arabic: please add this translation if you can
  • Bulgarian: осъжда́м (bg) impf (osǎždám), проклина́м (bg) impf (proklinám)
  • Catalan: damnar (ca), condemnar (ca)
  • Cherokee: ᏗᎦᏘᎸᏍᏗ (digatilvsdi)
  • Chinese: Cantonese: 譴責 / 谴责 (hin3 zaak6); 聲討 / 声讨 (seng1 tou2) Mandarin: 譴責 / 谴责 (zh) (qiǎnzé), 聲討 / 声讨 (zh) (shēngtǎo)
  • Czech: proklít (cs) pf, proklínat (cs) impf
  • Danish: fordømme
  • Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
  • Dutch: veroordelen (nl) n
  • Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
  • Estonian: please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish: tuomita (fi)
  • French: condamner (fr)
  • German: verdammen (de), verurteilen (de)
  • Ido: kondamnar (io)
  • Japanese: 責める (ja) (せめる, semeru), 非難する (ja) (ひなんする, hinan suru)
  • Khmer: កាត់ទោស (kat tooh)
  • Korean: 비난하다 (ko) (binanhada)
  • Latin: addīcō
  • Macedonian: про́колне pf (prókolne), ко́лне impf (kólne)
  • Mirandese: cundanar
  • Persian: please add this translation if you can
  • Portuguese: condenar (pt)
  • Russian: проклина́ть (ru) impf (proklinátʹ), прокля́сть (ru) pf (prokljástʹ), осужда́ть (ru) impf (osuždátʹ), осуди́ть (ru) pf (osudítʹ)
  • Spanish: condenar (es)
  • Swedish: fördöma (sv)
  • Tamil: கண்டனம் தெரிவி (kaṇṭaṉam terivi)
  • Turkish: lanetlemek (tr), kahretmek (tr)
  • Welsh: condemnio (cy)
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרדאַמען (fardamen)
to destine to experience bad circumstances — see also doom
  • Catalan: condemnar (ca)
  • Greek: καταδικάζω (el) (katadikázo)
to adjudge as unfit for habitation
  • Catalan: clausurar (ca), declarar inhabitable, declarar ruïna
  • Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
  • Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish: todeta asumiskelvottomaksi
  • French: condamner (fr)
  • German: für abrissreif erklären
  • Persian: please add this translation if you can
  • Portuguese: condenar (pt)
  • Russian: please add this translation if you can
  • Spanish: clausurar (es)
to adjudge food or drink as unfit for human consumption
  • Catalan: declarar no comestible (food), declarar no potable (drink)
  • Finnish: todeta syömäkelvottomaksi
  • German: für ungenießbar erklären
to declare a vessel forfeited or unfit for service
  • Catalan: immobilitzar (ca), declarar no apte per a la navegació
  • Finnish: todeta merikelvottomaksi (unfit for service)
  • German: für seeuntüchtig erklären
to declare property to be assigned to public use
  • Catalan: afectar (ca), expropiar (ca)
  • Finnish: pakkolunastaa, pakko-ottaa
  • German: enteignen (de)
  • Turkish: istimlak etmek (tr), kamulaştırmak (tr)
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Further reading

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  • “condemn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “condemn”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
  • “condemn”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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