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to declare to be morally wrong or evil<it is a sign of human progress that slavery, which was once common, is now universally condemned>Synonymscensure, damn, decry, denounce, execrate, reprehend, reprobateRelated Wordsattack, blast, criticize, knock, pan, slam; belittle, deprecate, disparage; doom, sentence; convict; blacklist, excommunicate, ostracize; rebuke, reprimand, reproach; admonish, chide, reprove; berate, lambaste (or lambast), scold, upbraid; curse, imprecate; abhor, abominate, detest, hate, loathe, revileNear Antonymsapprove, endorse (also indorse), sanction; eulogize, exalt, extol (also extoll), glorify, laud, praise; acclaim, applaud, commend, hail; consecrate, hallow, sanctify; honor, revere, venerateAntonymsbless
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to express oneʼs unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of<a report that condemns the working conditions in the factories of many developing countries>— see criticize
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to express public or formal disapproval of<the philosopherʼs works were once condemned by the church and placed on its list of forbidden books>— see censure 1
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to find or pronounce guilty<he was condemned by the news media even before the trial began>— see convict
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to impose a judicial punishment on<a stern judge who does not hesitate to condemn a prisoner to life behind bars>— see sentence
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