condemnation
IPA: kɑndʌmnˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong.
- The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.
- The state of being condemned.
- The ground or reason of condemning.
- The process by which a public entity exercises its powers of eminent domain.
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Examples of "condemnation" in Sentences
- So you concede that no condemnation from the UNSC is forthcoming.
- And condemnation is a long shot because of the political fallout.
- This chorus of entirely predictable widespread condemnation is the primary reason why no cease-fire will endure.
- Eliciting condemnation is the essence of the overall strategy of Israel's enemies to demonise and delegitimise the Jewish state in the eyes of the world.
- So they may well hear, you know, at least the condemnation from the Chinese government, go online, look him up, find out more about "Charter 08" and get informed.
- The release of the Afghanistan documents in July led to sharp words of condemnation from the Pentagon, which accused the website of endangering the lives of Afghans who had aided the U.S. and exposing U.S. sources and methods.
- But when the consequences of one little slip are an institution-wide airing of the slip, a public condemnation from the Dean, a national news story, the danger of possible lost jobs for years to come, would a sensible person really say
- Retrospective condemnation is easy — this was a largely anti-Semitic population that had embraced the psychological and material benefits bestowed by a homicidal regime, and that remained inert in the face of what we now call genocide.
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