1. Express strong disapproval of
   "We condemn the racism in South Africa";
   - reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate
    
2. (law) pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
   "He was condemned to ten years in prison";
   - sentence, doom
    
3. Demonstrate the guilt of (someone)
   "Her strange behaviour condemned her"
    
4. Declare or judge unfit for use or habitation
   "The building was condemned by the inspector"
    
5. Compel or force into a particular state or activity
   "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"
    
6. Appropriate (property) for public use
   "the county condemned the land to build a highway"

Derived forms: condemned, condemning, condemns

Type of: attach, attest, compel, confiscate, declare, demonstrate, denounce, denunciate, evidence, impound, manifest, obligate, oblige, pronounce, seize, sequester, sequestrate

Encyclopedia: Condemn