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Condemn

To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.

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Broader term 15

Attach 76% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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Attest 76% connected

To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Certify 76% connected

To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.

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Compel 76% connected

To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

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Confiscate 76% connected

Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

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Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Demonstrate 76% connected

To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.

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Denounce 76% connected

To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil).

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Evidence 76% connected

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

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Impound 76% connected

To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…

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Manifest 76% connected

Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehens…

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Obligate 76% connected

To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.

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Oblige 76% connected

To attach, as by a bond.

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Seize 76% connected

To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

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Sequester 76% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

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Manner of action 5

Attaint 76% connected

To attain; to get act; to hit.

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Explode 76% connected

To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.

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Foredoom 76% connected

To doom beforehand; to predestinate.

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Hiss 76% connected

To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a…

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Reprobate 76% connected

Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

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Derivationally related 6

Condemnation 74% connected

The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.

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Condemnation 74% connected

The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.

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Condemnatory 74% connected

Condemning; containing or imposing condemnation or censure; as, a condemnatory sentence or decree.

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Condemnatory 74% connected

Condemning; containing or imposing condemnation or censure; as, a condemnatory sentence or decree.

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Disapprobation 74% connected

The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure.

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Disapprobation 74% connected

The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure.

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Convict 72% connected

Proved or found guilty; convicted.

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Evaluate 72% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

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Judge 72% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Synonym 5

Decry 92% connected

To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Doom 92% connected

Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Objurgate 92% connected

To chide; to reprove.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reprobate 92% connected

Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sentence 92% connected

Sense; meaning; significance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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