condemnation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: condemnation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for condemnation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
condemnation n an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable; "his uncompromising condemnation of racism" Synonym(s): disapprobation, condemnation Antonym(s): approbation (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) an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group Synonym(s): execration, condemnation, curse the condition of being strongly disapproved of; "he deserved nothing but condemnation" (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise" Synonym(s): conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation, sentence Antonym(s): acquittal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Condemnation \Con"demna"tion\, n. [L. condemnatio.] 1. The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation. In every other sense of condemnation, as blame, censure, reproof, private judgment, and the like. --Paley. 2. The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture. A legal and judicial condemnation. --Paley. Whose condemnation* is pronounced. --Shak. 3. The state of being condemned. His pathetic appeal to posterity in the hopeless hour of condemnation. --W. Irving. 4. The ground or reason of condemning. This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather light, because their deeds were evil. --John iii. 19.