You can condemn, or openly criticize, someone who is behaving inappropriately. If you are an animal rights activist, you would probably condemn someone for wearing fur.
To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.
Verb
declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"
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express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"
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pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
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demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her"
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compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"
v. t.
To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.
v. t.
To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or
unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.
v. t.
To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence
to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the
penalty.
v. t.
To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty.
v. t.
To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service;
to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo
were condemned.
v. t.
To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of
eminent domain.
Condemn
Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it! Why, every fault's condemned ere it be done.
Wilt thou condemn him that is most just?2.
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it.3.
Driven out from bliss, condemned In this abhorred deep to utter woe.
To each his sufferings; all are men, Condemned alike to groan.
And they shall condemn him to death.
The thief condemned, in law already dead.
No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn.4.
The king of Egypt . . . condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver.5.
To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.
Usage Examples
On the one hand we publicly pronounce the equality of all peoples on the other hand, in our immigration laws, we embrace in practice these very theories we abhor and verbally condemn.
In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person's life chances, so we're less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it's much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America.
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away.
I believe in something. But I don't believe that anything can hold a grudge for long enough to condemn its creation to eternal punishment. Nobody can hold a grudge that long, even God.
Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.
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Other Usage ExamplesThose who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue.
Now for my own case, I bless the Lord that, for all that hath been said of me, my conscience doth not condemn me. I do not say I am free of sin, but I am at peace with God through a slain Mediator and I believe that there is no salvation but only in Christ.
We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.
My political ideas and things like that, even my religion, I try to keep close to me because it's a personal thing, and I don't shove it down people's throats. I don't condemn any artist that wants to do that, like the Baldwins. That's their choice. But in my world, I'm just an entertainer.
I am not going to condemn anybody. That's where religion gets a bad name, when people get holier than thou. We are all human. If my children make a mistake, I want them to know it is all right and they should try harder next time.
Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.
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