Synonyms for condemnation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-dem-ney-shuh n, -duh m-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒn dɛmˈneɪ ʃən, -dəm-

Top 10 synonyms for condemnation Other synonyms for the word condemnation

Définition of condemnation

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Latin condemnationem (nominative condemnatio), noun of action from past participle stem of condemnare (see condemn).
  • noun blaming, conviction
Example sentences :
  • In every line of the narrative he had heard, he had heard his condemnation.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • We do not mean however to hold forth this circumstance as decisive in its condemnation.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • The Jesuit influence at Rome had procured the condemnation of the book.
  • Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • This, however, helped him little; for in the Bible he read his own condemnation.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • There had been something of condemnation sometimes in the Sicilian's eyes as they looked into his.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Its approval or its condemnation are things to be laughed at.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • In one condemnation of folly stand the whole universe of men.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • There are many reasons why I am not grieved, O men of Athens, at the vote of condemnation.
  • Extract from : « Apology » by Plato
  • And all he got for his pains and his sweat was the condemnation of Jeremy Pitt.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • I was unused to criticism, and their expressions of condemnation roused me.
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini

Antonyms for condemnation

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