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Condemnation

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

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Narrower term 5

Anathema 76% connected

A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything a…

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Animadversion 76% connected

The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception.

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Censure 76% connected

Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.

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Imprecation 76% connected

The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.

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Malediction 76% connected

A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction.

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Denouncement 76% connected

Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation.

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Denunciation 76% connected

Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.

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Disapproval 76% connected

Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Condemn 74% connected

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

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Condemn 74% connected

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

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Sentence 74% connected

Sense; meaning; significance.

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Sentence 74% connected

Sense; meaning; significance.

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Synonym 5

Conviction 92% connected

The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense.

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Curse 92% connected

To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disapprobation 92% connected

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

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Execration 92% connected

The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.

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Sentence 92% connected

Sense; meaning; significance.

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