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Absolution vs Condemnation - What's the difference?

absolution | condemnation |

As nouns the difference between absolution and condemnation

is that absolution is absolution while condemnation is the act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.

absolution

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
  • Forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
  • The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
    • (Shipley)
  • An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
    • Government ... granting absolution to the nation.
  • (obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
    • (Ben Jonson)

    Derived terms

    * Absolution day

    Related terms

    * absolute

    See also

    * indulgence

    References

    Anagrams

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    condemnation

    English

    Noun

  • The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.
  • The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.
  • The state of being condemned.
  • The ground or reason of condemning.
  • The process by which a public entity exercises its powers of eminent domain.

    • Antonyms

    * (act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong) praise * (act of judicially adjudging guilty) acquittal * (ground or reason of condemning) acquittal, justification