condemnation

English

Etymology

From Middle English condempnacioun, from Latin condemnātiō, condemnātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒndɛmˈneɪʃən/, /ˌkɒndəmˈneɪʃən/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑndəmˈneɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

condemnation (countable and uncountable, plural condemnations)

1. The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong.
   • 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:

     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".

   Synonyms: censure, blame, disapprobation

   Antonym: praise

2. The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.

   Antonym: acquittal

3. The state of being condemned.
4. The ground or reason of condemning.

   Antonyms: acquittal, justification

5. The process by which a public entity exercises its powers of eminent domain.

Derived terms

• inverse condemnation

Translations

act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong

• Azerbaijani: pisləmə, qınaq
• Bengali: নিন্দা করা (ninda kora)
• Bulgarian: осъждане (bg) n (osǎždane), порицание (bg) n (poricanie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 譴責／谴责 (zh) (qiǎnzé), 非難／非难 (zh) (fēinàn)

• Ewe: fɔbubu
• French: condamnation (fr) f
• German: Verdammung (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (gawargeins)
• Japanese: 非難 (ja) (ひなん, hinan)
• Romanian: condamnare (ro) f
• Russian: осужде́ние (ru) n (osuždénije), порица́ние (ru) n (poricánije)
• Spanish: condenación (es)
• Urdu: مَذَمَّت‎ f (maẕammat)

act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty

• Arabic: إِدَانَة‎ f (ʔidāna)
• Bengali: দোষারোপ করা (dōśarōp kora)
• Bulgarian: осъждане (bg) n (osǎždane), присъда (bg) f (prisǎda)
• Ewe: fɔbubu
• French: condamnation (fr) f
• German: Verdammung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: καταδίκη f (katadíkē)

• Japanese: 断罪 (ja) (だんざい, danzai)
• Middle English: condempnacioun
• Romanian: condamnare (ro) f
• Russian: осужде́ние (ru) n (osuždénije), пригово́р (ru) m (prigovór)
• Turkish: mahkumiyet

state of being condemned

• German: Verdammnis (de) f
• Middle English: malediccion
• Polish: potępienie (pl) n

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• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} kondamno
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} condemniad m