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1. Express strong disapproval of
   "We condemn the racism in South Africa";
   - reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate
    
2. Declare or judge unfit for use or habitation
   "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 behaviour condemned her"
    
5. (law) pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
   "He was condemned to ten years in prison";
   - sentence, doom
    
6. Appropriate (property) for public use
   "the county condemned the land to build a highway"

Derived forms: condemned, condemns, condemning

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

Encyclopedia: Condemn