condemnation

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"There would have been outrage from governments around the world if this had happened anywhere else - the condemnation has been at best half-hearted."

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  1. noun The act of condemning.
  2. noun The state of being condemned.
  3. noun Severe reproof; strong censure.
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  • This is the only way to explain the condemnation which is much more bitter than the verse deserves The poems gave Oscar pocket money for a season; increased too his notoriety; but did him little or no good with the judicious: there was not a memorable word or a new cadence, or a sincere cry in the book. —  Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions
  • This is the only way to explain the condemnation which is much more bitter than the verse deserves. —  Oscar Wilde, Volume 1
  • “Let them judge,” he said, “without regard either for the imperial family or for the family of Piso.” The admonition was useless, for his condemnation was a foregone conclusion, despite the absurdity of the charges. —  The Women of the Caesars
  • With the cause for self-condemnation, which is alluded to in this entry was no doubt connected the neglect to keep up his Diary; no entry occurs for more than five months previous. —  Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel
  • Your condemnation is a recommendation as far as I'm concerned. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
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  1. = French condamnation = Provencal condemnacion, condempnation = Spanish condenacion = Portuguese condemnação = Italian condannagione, condannazione, condennazione, from Late Latin condemnatio(n-), from Latin condemnare, past participle condemnatus, condemn: see condemn.
 

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/kɑndɛmˈneɪʃən/
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