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condemnation|kɒndɛmˈneɪʃən|
Forms: 4 condempnacioun, 5–6 -acione, 6 -dempnation, -demnacion, -acyon, 6– -ation.
[ad. L. condemnātiōn-em, n. of action f. condemnāre to condemn. Cf. F. condamnation (16th c. in Littré).]
1. The action of condemning or of pronouncing adverse judgement on; judicial conviction; expression of disapprobation or strong censure; the fact of being condemned: as in ‘your condemnation of me’, ‘my condemnation by you’.
1382Wyclif Rom. v. 18 As by the gilt of oon in to alle men in to condempnacioun. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 303 After his iniust condemnacyon to deth. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 596 He thought neyther of death, nor of condempnation to die: such affiaunce had he in his strong truth. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxvi. 144 A manifest condemnation of the Innocent. 1803Med. Jrnl. IX. 27 His illiberal condemnation of a medicine. 1858Ld. Mahon Hist. Eng. (ed. 5) I. 199 Yet no one has even ventured to assert that any of the condemnations were legally unjust. 1874Green Short Hist. v. 228 The Parliament proceeded to the impeachment and condemnation of two ministers.
attrib.1791Boswell Johnson an. 1754, The chaplain..preached the condemnation sermon on repentance, before the convicts.
2. The state or condition of being condemned.
1557N. T. (Geneva) Luke xxiii. 40 Fearest thou not God, seing thou art in the same condemnation? 1671Milton P.R. iii. 136 To whom belongs But condemnation, ignominy and shame.
3. The ground or reason for condemning.
1534Tindale John iii. 19 This is the condempnacion, that light is come into the worlde, and the men loued darcknes more then light. 1611Shakes. Cymb. iii. v. 98 Speake, or thy silence on the instant, is Thy condemnation, and thy death.
4. a. A sentence of forfeiture. Cf. condemn 7.
1885Rigby in Law Rep. 29 Chanc. Div. 286 A condemnation on the express ground that the ship is enemy's property.
b. Judicial assignation (of property) to public purposes, or in payment of a debt. U.S.
1852J. Dunlap Book of Forms (ed. 2) 693 Schedule or Inquisition of Real Estate levied upon by Fi. Fa., for Condemnation. 1889Century Dict. s.v., The condemnation of private lands for a highway, a railroad, a public park, etc. 1947Sat. Even. Post 8 Feb. 96/4 Residents claimed that they had received too little compensation under the condemnation awards. |