condemnation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable
    disapprobation.
    • his uncompromising condemnation of racism
  2. noun (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. noun an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
    execration; curse.
  4. noun the condition of being strongly disapproved of
    • he deserved nothing but condemnation
  5. noun (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
    judgment of conviction; conviction; sentence.
    • the conviction came as no surprise

WordNet

Con"dem*na"tion noun
Etymology
L. condemnatio.
Definitions
  1. The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.
    In every other sense of condemnation, as blame, censure, reproof, private judgment, and the like. Paley.
  2. The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.
    A legal and judicial condemnation. Paley.
    Whose condemnation is pronounced. Shak.
  3. The state of being condemned.
    His pathetic appeal to posterity in the hopeless hour of condemnation. W. Irving.
  4. The ground or reason of condemning.
    This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather light, because their deeds were evil. John iii. 19.

Webster 1913