Condemn

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1. Verb

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

2. Verb

To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.

3. Verb

To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty.

4. Verb

To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty.

5. Verb

To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned.

6. Verb

To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain.

7. Verb

demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her"
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