Dictionary Definition

condemn

1 express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [syn: reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate]

2 declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"

3 compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"

4 demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her"

5 pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" [syn: sentence, doom]

User Contributed Dictionary

To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.
To mark (a building, for example) for destruction.

The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
To scold sharply.

Condemnation or condemned may refer to:

in property law, condemnation is identical to eminent domain
the revocation of an occupancy permit, or an order for demolition of a building
a strongly-worded rebuke, such as condemning violations of human rights
sometimes used in reference to a guilty verdict, particularly when the sentence issued is to be capital punishment
Damnation, the antithesis of salvation.
"Condemnation" (song), a song by Depeche Mode
Condemned (film), a 1929 film that earned Ronald Colman an Academy Award nomination
The Condemned, a 2007 film
Condemned: Criminal Origins, a survival horror video game and its sequel Condemned 2: Bloodshot
"Condemned" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of the television series Stargate Atlantis
Condemned (band), a death metal band from Belfast, United Kingdom

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