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Antonyms for condemning


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhn-dem
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈdɛm



Definition of condemning

Origin :
  • early 14c., condempner "to blame, censure," from Old French condamner "to condemn" (11c.), from Latin condemnare "to sentence, doom, blame, disapprove," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + damnare "to harm, damage" (see damn). Replaced Old English fordeman. Related: Condemned; condemning.
  • verb blame, convict
Example sentences :
  • I am not condemning the physical alleviation of pain or the progress of physical science.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • God would have no quarrelling at His just condemning of us at that day.'
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • Nor I, said Mr. Liveloose, for he would always be condemning my way.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • She felt he was condemning her secretly for her permission to Vere.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • No, not that; Hermione felt that he was quite incapable of condemning her.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Mind you, I'm not condemning my father; he thought that he was doing the best for both our sakes.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • Do you imagine you can crush a man like that by trying and condemning him?
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • He beats all the Temperance 'Postles about condemning drink.
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • The people were condemning him for having burned Charlestown.
  • Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
  • It won't do to be hasty in condemning the mediums wholesale.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland

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