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1. An expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable
   "his uncompromising condemnation of racism";
   - disapprobation
    
2. (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building)
    
3. An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on some individual or group
   - execration, curse
    
4. The condition of being strongly disapproved of
   "he deserved nothing but condemnation"
    
5. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
   "the condemnation came as no surprise";
   - conviction, judgment of conviction, sentence

Derived forms: condemnations

Type of: condition, denouncement, denunciation, disapproval, final decision, final judgment, status

Antonym: approbation

Encyclopedia: Condemnation