Condemnation

Definitions

1. The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.
   countable, uncountable
3. The state of being condemned.
   countable, uncountable
4. The ground or reason of condemning.
   countable, uncountable
5. The process by which a public entity exercises its powers of eminent domain.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke⟳ and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have⟳ now come⟳ to expect⟳) as "critics and naysayers".”

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