Other forms: condemnations
Condemnation is strong public disapproval, or a sentence passed. Widespread condemnation, a statement of condemnation, condemnation of the attack.
The public sense is what diplomacy runs on: condemning something is the cheapest response available and is offered when nothing else will be. In American law, condemnation is also the taking of private property for public use.
1nouncondemnationStrong public disapproval, or a sentence passed.
“The attack on the hospital drew condemnation from around the world.”
condemnation is a disapproval.
Latin condemnatio comes from condemnare, to sentence — con plus damnare, to condemn.
Latin
condemnatio
Middle English
condempnacioun
English, today
condemnation
From Middle English condempnacioun, from Latin condemnatio.
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