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Thesaurus: condemn

To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.

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  1. v. t. To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.
  2. v. t. To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.
  3. v. t. To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty.
  4. v. t. To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty.
  5. v. t. To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned.
  6. v. t. To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain.
  7. v. express strong disapproval of
  8. v. declare or judge unfit for use or habitation
  9. v. compel or force into a particular state or activity
  10. v. demonstrate the guilt of (someone)
  11. v. pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
  12. v. appropriate (property) for public use