CONDEMN
verb. 1 express utter disapproval of. 2 a find guilty; convict. B (usually. Foll. By to) sentence to (a punishment). 3 pronounce (a building etc.) Unfit for use. 4 (usually. Foll. By to) doom or assign (to something unpleasant). ? condemnation none. Condemnatory adjective. [latin: related to *damn]