Definitions for condemnation

condemnation con·dem·na·tion

Spelling: [kon-dem-ney-shuh n, -duh m-]
IPA: /ˌkɒn dɛmˈneɪ ʃən, -dəm-/

Condemnation is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 915 anagrams from letters in condemnation (acdeimnnnoot).

Definitions for condemnation

noun

  1. the act of condemning.
  2. the state of being condemned.
  3. strong censure; disapprobation; reproof.
  4. a cause or reason for condemning.
  5. U.S. Law. the seizure, as of property, for public use.

Origin of condemnation

1350-1400; Middle English condempnacioun (Middle French) Late Latin condemnātiōn- (stem of condemnātiō). See condemn, -ation

Examples for condemnation

In every line of the narrative he had heard, he had heard his condemnation.

But it at least shows a desire to shift the rhetoric away from sin and condemnation.

There had been something of condemnation sometimes in the Sicilian's eyes as they looked into his.

The Jesuit influence at Rome had procured the condemnation of the book.

Ahead of his statement the PKK issued a condemnation of the strikes.

This, however, helped him little; for in the Bible he read his own condemnation.

As the evening wore on, condemnation continued to pour in from around the world.

We do not mean however to hold forth this circumstance as decisive in its condemnation.

“Words of condemnation and marginalization were avoided,” he says.

Coming from the Jordanian cleric, that condemnation is especially powerful.

Word Value for condemnation
Scrable

17

Words with friends

22

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