condemn
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
express strong disapproval of
We condemn the racism in South Africa
Types & categories
- denounce hypernym
Related & opposite
- reprobation derivation
- condemnation derivation
- excoriation derivation
- condemnation derivation
- condemnatory derivation
Sense 2 verb
declare or judge unfit for use or habitation
The building was condemned by the inspector
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- condemnation derivation
- condemnation derivation
- pass judgment entails
Sense 3 verb
compel or force into a particular state or activity
His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence
Types & categories
- oblige hypernym
Sense 4 verb
demonstrate the guilt of (someone)
Her strange behavior condemned her
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- condemnation derivation
- condemnation derivation
Sense 5 verb
pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
He was condemned to ten years in prison
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- judgment of conviction derivation
- condemnation derivation
- condemnation derivation
- prison term derivation
- law domain topic
- convict entails
Sense 6 verb
appropriate (property) for public use
the county condemned the land to build a highway
Types & categories
- impound hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reprobation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | condemnation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | excoriation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | condemnation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | condemnatory |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | denounce |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | condemnation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | condemnation |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | pass judgment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | declare |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | boo |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | explode |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | oblige |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | condemnation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | condemnation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | evidence |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | attaint |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | judgment of conviction |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | condemnation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | condemnation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | prison term |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 5 | entails | Related & opposite | convict |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | declare |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | foredoom |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | reprobate |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | impound |