as in condemnation
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of excommunication
The panel also said that a juror might find that the father’s confession before the panel, considering his excommunication also wasn’t privileged.
—
Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 30 July 2025
The ruling from Circuit Court Judge Lisa Walsh comes after a nearly three-year-long dispute that has led to dueling lawsuits, allegations of fraud and the excommunication of longtime parish leaders.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Cardinal electors must sign an oath of secrecy and seclusion, under threat of excommunication.
—Daniel Burke, NPR, 6 May 2025
In 1591, Pope Gregory XIV forbade all betting on the election of the pope, under penalty of excommunication.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for excommunication
Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 30 July 2025
The ruling from Circuit Court Judge Lisa Walsh comes after a nearly three-year-long dispute that has led to dueling lawsuits, allegations of fraud and the excommunication of longtime parish leaders.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Cardinal electors must sign an oath of secrecy and seclusion, under threat of excommunication.
—Daniel Burke, NPR, 6 May 2025
In 1591, Pope Gregory XIV forbade all betting on the election of the pope, under penalty of excommunication.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for excommunication
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excommunication
Noun
-
Absent due process, there’s no pause to decide whether this person should be condemned or if the reason given for condemnation is legitimate.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
-
And when families lead with compassion instead of condemnation, recovery happens faster and lasts longer.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
In addition to initiating the censure process, the City Council called for a special meeting, with Barbadillo, Lam and Chua in favor.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
-
In doing so, the palace must weigh distancing itself from Andrew with ensuring the blowback from any further censure does not do even more damage to an institution that requires public buy-in.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Far from being simply a denunciation of marginalization, the song becomes a sincere embrace of vulnerable childhoods, highlighting the pain of those who grow up in poverty, neglect, and, often, are forced into crime as a means of survival.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
26 Sep. 2025
-
Cinema sometimes has to know how to give in to a cause, but another thing entirely is to impoverish cinema by attributing to documentary cinema a mere and strict role of denunciation.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
By the nineteen-nineties, what had formerly been private damnation was becoming public spectacle.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
-
Theology and damnation and the light of the world barely stand a chance against a good four-minute visit to camp.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
4 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Excommunication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excommunication. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share