| Main Entry: | condemnation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blaming, conviction |
Synonyms: |
accusation, blame, censure, damnation, denouncement, denunciation, disapproval, doom, judgment, proscription, reproach, reprobation, reproof, sentence, stricture |
Antonyms: |
absolution, acquittal, clearance, discharge, exoneration, freeing, pardon, release |
| Concept: | Condemnation. |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
condemnation, conviction, judgment, penalty, sentence; proscription, damnation; death warrant., attainder, attainture, attaintment.
-verbs
condemn, convict, cast, bring home to, find guilty, damn, doom, sign the death warrant, sentence, pass sentence on, attaint, confiscate, proscribe, sequestrate; nonsuit., disapprove; accuse., stand condemned.
-adjectives
condemnatory, damnatory; condemned; nonsuited (failure); self-convicted.
-phrases
mutato nomine de te fabula narratur; "unrespited, unpitied, unreprieved" [P.L.].
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Antonyms: |
acquittal |
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| Main Entry: | anathema |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denouncement |
Synonyms: |
ban, censure, commination, condemnation, curse, damnation, denunciation, excommunication, execration, imprecation, malediction, proscription, reprehension, reprobation, reproof, taboo |
| Main Entry: | bashing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abuse against a group or individual based on identity or ideological beliefs |
Synonyms: |
assault, attack, beating, beating up, bias crime, censure, charge, condemnation, criticism, denigration, harassment, hate crime, hounding, jumping, offensive, persecution, strike, torment |
| Main Entry: | censure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severe criticism |
Synonyms: |
admonishment, admonition, blame, castigation, condemnation, disapproval, dressing down, objection, obloquy, rebuke, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, stricture |
| Notes: | to censor is to disallow portions or the entireties of books, plays, etc. on the grounds that they transgress propriety, 'to scrutinize, revise, or cut,' expurgate or suppress; to censure is to criticize vehemently or harshly, or condemn |
Antonyms: |
approval, compliment, encouragement, endorsement, praise, ratification, recommendation, sanction |
| Main Entry: | conviction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guilty sentence; assurance |
Synonyms: |
assuredness, certainty, certitude, condemnation, condemning, confidence, determining guilt, earnestness, fall, fervor, firmness, rap, reliance, sureness, surety, unfavorable verdict |
Antonyms: |
overturning |
| Main Entry: | damnation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | everlasting punishment |
Synonyms: |
condemnation, doom, hell, perdition, suffering, torment |
| Main Entry: | disparagement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong criticism; detraction |
Synonyms: |
aspersion, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, blame, calumny, censure, condemnation, contempt, contumely, debasement, degradation, denunciation, depreciation, derision, derogation, discredit, disdain, impairment, lessening, lie, prejudice, reproach, ridicule, scandal, scorn, slander, tale, underestimation |
Antonyms: |
approval, commendation, compliment, flattery, praise, sanction |
| Main Entry: | doom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate or decision, usually unpleasant |
Synonyms: |
Judgment Day, Moira, annihilation, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, circumstance, conclusion, condemnation, death, decree, destination, destiny, destruction, disaster, downfall, end, fixed future, foreordination, fortune, handwriting on wall, judgment, karma, kismet, lap of the gods, lot, opinion, portion, predestination, predetermination, ruin, sentence, tragedy, verdict, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles |
| Main Entry: | execration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hating |
Synonyms: |
abhorrence, abomination, anathema, blasphemy, condemnation, contempt, curse, cursing, cussing, damnation, denunciation, detestation, detesting, excoriation, hatred, imprecation, loathing, malediction, odium, profanity, swearing, vilification |
Antonyms: |
liking, loving |