Antonyms for condemn
kənˈdɛmcon·demn

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1. condemnverb

   Antonyms:
   save

   Synonyms:
   damn

2. condemnverb

   To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.

   Antonyms:
   save

   Synonyms:
   damn

3. condemnverb

   To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.

   The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.

   Antonyms:
   save

   Synonyms:
   damn

4. condemnverb

   To scold sharply; to excoriate the perpetrators of.

   Antonyms:
   save

   Synonyms:
   damn

5. condemnverb

   To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.

   Antonyms:
   save

   Synonyms:
   damn

6. condemnverb

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

   Antonyms:
   save

   Synonyms:
   damn

7. condemnverb

   To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.

   Antonyms:
   save

   Synonyms:
   damn

8. condemnverb

   To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.

   Synonyms:
   damn

   Antonyms:
   save

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1. condemn

   To condemn is to pass judicial sentence or render judgment or decision against. We may censure silently; we condemn ordinarily by open and formal utterance. Condemn is more final than blame or censure; a condemned criminal has had his trial; a condemned building can not stand; a condemned ship can not sail. A person is convicted when his guilt is made clearly manifest to others; in somewhat archaic use, a person is said to be convicted when guilt is brought clearly home to his own conscience (convict in this sense being allied with convince, which see under PERSUADE); in legal usage one is said to be convicted only by the verdict of a jury. In stating the penalty of an offense, the legal word sentence is now more common than condemn; as, he was sentenced to imprisonment; but it is good usage to say, he was condemned to imprisonment. To denounce is to make public or official declaration against, especially in a violent and threatening manner.

   From the pulpits in the northern States Burr was denounced as an assassin.

   Coffin Building the Nation ch. 10, p. 137. [Harper & Bros. '83.]

   To doom is to condemn solemnly and consign to evil or destruction or to predetermine to an evil destiny; an inferior race in presence of a superior is doomed to subjugation or extinction. Compare ARRAIGN; REPROVE.

   Antonyms:
   absolve, acquit, applaud, approve, exonerate, justify, pardon, pardon, praise

   Synonyms:
   blame, censure, convict, denounce, doom, reprobate, reprove, sentence

   Preposition:
   The bandit was condemned to death for his crime.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. condemn

   Antonyms:
   absolve, acquit, exonerate, pardon, justify, approve

   Synonyms:
   blame, convict, reprove, cast, censure, denounce, doom, sentence

Matched Categories

1. • Compel
   • Declare
   • Demonstrate
   • Impound

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriateverb

   express strong disapproval of

   "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"

   Synonyms:
   chasten, correct, castigate, doom, sentence, excoriate, reprobate, chastise, decry, chafe, objurgate

2. condemnverb

   declare or judge unfit for use or habitation

   "The building was condemned by the inspector"

   Synonyms:
   decry, objurgate, doom, sentence, reprobate, excoriate

3. condemnverb

   compel or force into a particular state or activity

   "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"

   Synonyms:
   decry, objurgate, doom, sentence, reprobate, excoriate

4. condemnverb

   demonstrate the guilt of (someone)

   "Her strange behavior condemned her"

   Synonyms:
   decry, objurgate, doom, sentence, reprobate, excoriate

5. sentence, condemn, doomverb

   pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

   "He was condemned to ten years in prison"

   Synonyms:
   fate, doom, sentence, excoriate, designate, reprobate, decry, destine, objurgate

6. condemnverb

   appropriate (property) for public use

   "the county condemned the land to build a highway"

   Synonyms:
   decry, objurgate, doom, sentence, reprobate, excoriate

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1. condemnverb

   Antonyms:
   exonerate, exculpate, vindicate, absolve, justify, praise

   Synonyms:
   denounce, anathematize, curse, execrate, reprobate, doom, ban

How to use condemn in a sentence?

1. Tan Kefei:

   The U.S. has frequently carried out similar provocative acts, which are of a very bad nature, fully showing that it is the biggest destroyer of peace and stability and the biggest cause of security risks in the Taiwan Strait, we firmly oppose and strongly condemn this.

2. John Kerry:

   We certainly don't think it's appropriate to condemn it before everybody knows what it, in fact, is if there is an 'is,'.

3. Arbab Ahmad:

   I am anxious, it was a totally inhumane attack on innocent people. Every human being should condemn it, not just Muslims.

4. American Medical Association:

   Research shows gender-affirming care improves the health and overall well-being of children and youth when families and medical professionals work together in making health care decisions, we condemn all violence and threats aimed at pediatric patients, their families and medical staff making decisions affecting children's health.

5. Andy Biggs:

   President Biden and Vice President Harris have sent an unequivocal message that they prefer illegal immigrants over Americans, their radical agenda has erased our southern border. Americans suffer from the Biden policy which has encouraged more than one million illegal border crossings this year which has produced increased human, sex, and drug trafficking. The American people condemn the Biden Administration’s dereliction of duty.

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