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condemn

verb
/kənˈdɛm/

Etymology

From Middle English condempnen, from Old French condamner, from Latin condemnāre (“to sentence, condemn, blame”), from com- + damnāre (“to harm, condemn, damn”), from damnum (“damage, injury, loss”). Displaced native Middle English fordemen (from Old English fordeman (“condemn, sentence, doom”) > Modern English fordeem.

  1. derived from condemnāre
  2. derived from condamner
  3. inherited from condempnen

Definitions

  1. To strongly criticise or denounce

    To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.

    • The president condemned the terrorists.

  2. To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.

  3. To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt

    To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence

    • The judge condemned him to death.
    • She was condemned to life in prison.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. To confer eternal divine punishment upon.

    2. To destine to experience bad circumstances

      To destine to experience bad circumstances; to doom.

      • Too many people are condemned to a life of poverty.

    3. To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.

      • There was a massive slaughter of W.R. steam power at the conclusion of the summer timetable. In all, 169 locomotives were condemned.

    4. To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.

    5. To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government or to be a prize.

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Derived

condemnee, condemner, condemn to, forecondemn, precondemn, recondemn, uncondemn

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at condemn. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at condemn. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at condemn

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA