condemnation
/ˌkɒndɛmˈneɪʃən/US/ˌkɑndəmˈneɪʃən/
condemnation noun: the act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong.
Noun
condemnation (countable and uncountable, plural condemnations)
- The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong.
- 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...2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3
- Synonyms:
- censure, blame, disapprobation
- Antonyms:
- approval, praise, accolade, approbation, attaboy, appreciation, compliment, commend, commendation, congratulation
- The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.
- Synonyms:
- attaintment, judgement, conviction, proscription
- Antonyms:
- acquittal, exoneration, absolution, acquittance, acquitment, assoilment, compurgation, disculpation, exculpation, not guilty
- The state of being condemned.
- The ground or reason of condemning.
- Antonyms:
- acquittal, justification
- The process by which a public entity exercises its powers of eminent domain.
condemnation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
condemnation in Hindi
- condemnation, censure
- भर्त्सना bhartsanā
condemnation in Tamil
- கண்டனம், கண்டித்துரைத்தல், கழித்துக்கட்டல், கடிந்துரை, இடிந்துரை, இடித்துரை
condemnation in Marathi
- निंदा
condemnation in Urdu
- act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong
- مَذَمَّت maẕammat
More languagesFewer languages
- condemnation in Bengali
- নিন্দা করা ninda kora, দোষারোপ করা dōśarōp kora
- condemnation in Malayalam
- നിന്ദിക്കൽ, ദണ്ഡനവിധി, അപരാധനിർണ്ണയം, ശിക്ഷിക്കൽ
- condemnation in Kannada
- ಖಂಡನೆ
- condemnation in Punjabi
- ਨਿੰਦਾ
- condemnation in Gujarati
- નિંદા
- condemnation in Odia
- ନିନ୍ଦା
- condemnation in Nepali
- निन्दा, निंदा
- condemnation in Arabic
- إِدَانَة ʔidāna
Examples of condemnation in a sentence
- The Stranger, Seattle’s alt-weekly blog, even posted a condemnation of political violence.
- The condemnation of the unwritten kind is based on grapholatry, the worship of writing.
- Here, representatives of Indian Dalits (unsuccessfully) tried to make casteism part of the official condemnation of racism.
Synonyms of condemnation
- censure
- blame
- disapprobation
- attaintment
- judgement
- conviction
- proscription
- condemning
- damnation
- dispraise
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Antonyms
- approval
- praise
- accolade
- approbation
- attaboy
- appreciation
- compliment
- commendation
- congratulation
- encomium
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Forms of condemnation
| plural | condemnations |
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Origin of condemnation
From Middle English condempnacioun, from Latin condemnātiō, condemnātiōnem.
Words formed from condemnation
Words that rhyme with condemnation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about condemnation
- What does condemnation mean?
- Condemnation means the act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong.
- What is condemnation in Hindi?
- Condemnation in Hindi is भर्त्सना (bhartsanā). See Condemnation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is condemnation?
- Condemnation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce condemnation?
- Condemnation is pronounced /ˌkɒndɛmˈneɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of condemnation?
- The plural of condemnation is condemnations.
Words near condemnation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: condemnation (page history and authors); भर्त्सना (Hindi) (page history and authors); condemnation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); condemnation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); condemnation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); condemnation (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); condemnation (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); condemnation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); condemnation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); condemnation (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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