Definition of condemns in English

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condemns, verb, present, 3rd person singular of condemn (infinitive).

WordNet

Verb condemns, condemning, condemned
condemn - declare or judge unfit for use or habitation; "The building was condemned by the inspector"
		declare state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
		boo, hiss show displeasure, as after a performance or speech
		explode increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"
condemn - express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"
		reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate
		denounce speak out against; "He denounced the Nazis"
condemn - demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her"
		evidence, manifest, attest, demonstrate, certify reveal its presence or make an appearance; "the ghost manifests each year on the same day"
		attaint condemn by attainder; "the man was attainted"
condemn - appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway"
		confiscate, impound, attach, sequester, seize place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"
condemn - compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"
		compel, obligate, oblige force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"
condemn - pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
		sentence, doom
		declare state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
		foredoom doom beforehand
		reprobate reject (documents) as invalid

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Wiktionary

condemn (Verb)
To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.
condemn (Verb)
To adjudge a building as being unfit for habitation.
condemn (Verb)
To scold sharply; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
condemn (Verb)
To judicially pronounce someone guilty.
condemn (Verb)
To determine and declare property to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain .
condemn (Verb)
To adjudge food or drink as being unfit for human consumption.
condemn (Verb)
To declare a vessel to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

condemn (v. t.)
To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.
condemn (v. t.)
To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.
condemn (v. t.)
To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty.
condemn (v. t.)
To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty.
condemn (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.
condemn (v. t.)
To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

condemn
To declare, after a judgement, that somebody is guilty of commiting a crime.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

condemn
kon-dem′, v.t. to pronounce guilty: to censure or blame: to sentence to punishment: to give up to some fate: to pronounce unfit for use.—adj. Condem′nable, blamable.—n. Condemnā′tion, state of being condemned: blame: cause of being condemned.—adj. Condem′natory, expressing or implying condemnation.—p.adj. Condemned′, pronounced to be wrong, guilty, or useless: belonging or relating to one who is sentenced to punishment, e.g. 'condemned cell:' declared dangerous and to be removed, as a house, bridge, &c. [L. condemnāre, from con, inten., and damnāre, to damage.]