condemnation
Official moral rejection
Condemnation is strong disapproval or censure: The policy drew condemnation from human rights groups.
It also refers to official judgment that something is unfit—a building condemned as unsafe, meat condemned as diseased.
In legal contexts, condemnation is the formal seizure of private property for public use.
A condemnation can also be a sentence of punishment: The judge's condemnation was swift.
Official court decision
- guiltyResponsible for wrongdoing
- convictionFirmly held belief
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
accusation · tribunal · prosecution · defendant · judgment · adjudication · allegation · plaintiff
Judgment of faults
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- denunciationFormal public accusation
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
scorn · contempt · disdain · opprobrium · disparagement · disfavor · displeasure · objection
Formal public accusation
- invectiveAbusive denunciation
- diatribeBitter, prolonged verbal attack
- polemicAggressive argumentative discourse
- screedLong tedious rant
rant · rebuke · admonition · vitriol · harangue · broadside · philippic · fulmination
Eternal punishment by flame
- perditionEternal spiritual ruin
- eternalLasting without end
- sinnersMoral law violators
- brimstoneArchaic word for sulfur
judgment day · retribution · purgatory · anathema · excommunication · reprobation · doom · apocalypse
Banishment from a group
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- banishmentForced removal from place
- boycottOrganized economic protest
pariah · outcast · blackballing · rejection · marginalization · persona non grata · cold shoulder · disgrace
Deliberate structural destruction
- unsafeLikely to cause harm
- uninhabitableUnfit for residence
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
- blightPlant disease causing decay
razed · unfit · derelict · teardown · eminent domain · code violation · hazardous · bulldoze
verdict
Official court decision
- guiltyResponsible for wrongdoing
- convictionFirmly held belief
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
indictment · accusation · tribunal · prosecution · defendant · judgment · adjudication · allegation · plaintiff · injunction
criticism
Judgment of faults
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- denunciationFormal public accusation
rebuke · scorn · contempt · disdain · opprobrium · disparagement · disfavor · displeasure · objection · animadversion
denunciation
Formal public accusation
- invectiveAbusive denunciation
- diatribeBitter, prolonged verbal attack
- polemicAggressive argumentative discourse
screed · rant · rebuke · admonition · vitriol · harangue · broadside · philippic · fulmination · jeremiad
hellfire
Eternal punishment by flame
brimstone · judgment day · retribution · purgatory · anathema · excommunication · reprobation · doom · apocalypse · wrath
ostracism
Banishment from a group
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- banishmentForced removal from place
boycott · pariah · outcast · blackballing · rejection · marginalization · persona non grata · cold shoulder · disgrace · infamy
demolition
Deliberate structural destruction
- unsafeLikely to cause harm
- uninhabitableUnfit for residence
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
blight · razed · unfit · derelict · teardown · eminent domain · code violation · hazardous · bulldoze
- condemnationcensure, rebuke, denunciation, reproach, reprimand
- church penaltiesexcommunication, interdict, suspension, anathema, censure
- accusationsaccusation, accuse, accuser, allegation, allege
- backlashbacklash, blowback, outcry, outrage, pushback
- Blameblame, fault, culprit, accusation, guilt-tripping
- criticismcriticism, critique, review, feedback, opinion
condemnationpraise
Expression of approval
commendation · approval · approbation · endorsement · acclamation
condemnationacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
exoneration · absolution · clearance · vindication · pardon
condemnationsalvation
Deliverance from harm
blessing · redemption · absolution · grace · forgiveness