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Condemnation
//ˌkɒndɛmˈneɪʃən// noun
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Noun
- 1 The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong. countable, uncountable
"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"."
- 2 (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed wordnet
- 3 The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture. countable, uncountable
- 4 (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building) wordnet
- 5 The state of being condemned. countable, uncountable
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- 6 an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable wordnet
- 7 The ground or reason of condemning. countable, uncountable
- 8 an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group wordnet
- 9 The process by which a public entity exercises its powers of eminent domain. countable, uncountable
- 10 the condition of being strongly disapproved of wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English condempnacioun, from Latin condemnātiō, condemnātiōnem.
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