to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.

to pronounce to be guilty; sentence to punishment

to condemn a murderer to life imprisonment.

to give grounds or reason for convicting or censuring

His acts condemn him.

to judge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service

to condemn an old building.

U.S. Law . to acquire ownership of for a public purpose, under the right of eminent domain

The city condemned the property.

to force into a specific state or activity

His lack of education condemned him to a life of menial jobs.

to declare incurable.

verb

absolve , acquit , approve , clear , discharge , exonerate , free , pardon , release , set free , exculpate , justify , praise , vindicate

verb

adjudge , belittle , blow whistle on , call down * , castigate , censure , chide , come down on * , criticize , damn , decry , denounce , denunciate , deprecate , depreciate , disapprove , disparage , doom , find fault with , find guilty , frame , hang something on , judge , knock , lay at one’s door , let have it , name , pass sentence on , pin it on , point finger at , pronounce , proscribe , punish , put away , put down , reprehend , reproach , reprobate , reprove , send up , send up the river , sentence , skin , thumbs down on , upbraid , anathematize , ban , banish , blame , convict , curse , detest , execrate