[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

condemnation \con"demna"tion\, n. l. condemnatio.
   1. the act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure;
      blame; disapprobation.
      1913 webster

            in every other sense of condemnation, as blame,
            censure, reproof, private judgment, and the like.
                                                  --paley.
      1913 webster

   2. the act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty,
      unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to
      punishment or forfeiture.
      1913 webster

            a legal and judicial condemnation.    --paley.
      1913 webster

            whose condemnation is pronounced.     --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. the state of being condemned.
      1913 webster

            his pathetic appeal to posterity in the hopeless
            hour of condemnation.                 --w. irving.
      1913 webster

   4. the ground or reason of condemning.
      1913 webster

            this is the condemnation, that light is come into
            the world, and men loved darkness rather light,
            because their deeds were evil.        --john iii.
                                                  19.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

condemnation
     n 1: an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or
          morally culpable; "his uncompromising condemnation of
          racism" syn: disapprobation ant: approbation
     2: law the act of condemning as land forfeited for public
        use or judging to be unfit for use as a food product or
        an unsafe building
     3: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on
        someone or some group syn: execration, curse
     4: the condition of being strongly disapproved of; "he deserved
        nothing but condemnation"
     5: criminal law a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case
        and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came
        as no surprise" syn: conviction, judgment of
        conviction, sentence ant: acquittal
see also:
disapprobation approbation execration curse conviction judgment of conviction 
sentence acquittal 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

43 moby thesaurus words for "condemnation":
   acquittal, action, anathema, arraignment, award, blame,
   castigation, censure, consideration, damnation, decision, decree,
   decrial, deliverance, denouncement, denunciation, determination,
   diagnosis, dictum, doom, excoriation, finding, flaying,
   fulmination, fustigation, impeachment, indictment, judgment,
   landmark decision, order, penalty, pillorying, precedent,
   prognosis, pronouncement, reprehension, reprobation, resolution,
   ruling, sentence, skinning alive, stricture, verdict

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

condemnation, mar. law. the sentence or judgment of a court of competent 
jurisdiction that a ship or vessel taken as a prize on the high seas, was 
liable to capture, and was properly and legally captured. 
     2. by the general practice of the law of nations, a sentence of 
condemnation is, at present, generally deemed necessary in order to divest 
the title of a vessel taken as a prize. until this has been done the 
original owner may regain his property, although the ship may have been in 
possession of the enemy twenty-four hours, or carried infra praesidia. 1 
rob. rep. 134; 3 rob. rep. 97, n.; carth. 423; chit. law of nat. 99, 100; 10 
mod. 79; abb. on sh. 14; wesk. on ins. h.t.; marsh. on ins. 402. a sentence 
of condemnation is generally binding everywhere. marsh. on ins. 402. 
     3. the term condemnation is also applied to the sentence which declares 
a ship to be unfit for service; this sentence and the grounds of it may, 
however, be re-examined and litigated by parties interested in disputing it. 
5 esp. n. p. c. 65; abb. on shipp. 4. 

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

condemnation, civil law. a sentence of judgment which condemns some one to 
do, to give, or to pay something; or which declares that his claim or 
pretensions are unfounded. this word is also used by common lawyers, though 
it is more usual to say conviction, both in civil and criminal cases. it is 
a maxim that no man ought to be condemned unheard, and without the 
opportunity of being heard. 

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