Commend vs Condemn - What's the difference?
commend | condemn |
To congratulate or reward.
To praise or acclaim.
* Dryden
To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
* Bible, Luke xxiii. 46
To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill.
* Shakespeare
To recommend.
* Sir M. Hale
* Bible, Romans xvi. 1
To force in a mental way.
(obsolete) commendation; praise
* Shakespeare
(obsolete, in the plural) compliments; greetings
* Howell
To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.
To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
To scold sharply; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain
To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
(legal) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
As verbs the difference between commend and condemn
is that commend is to congratulate or reward while condemn is to confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.As a noun commend
is commendation; praise.commend
English
Verb
(en verb)- Historians commend Alexander for weeping when he read the actions of Achilles.
- Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
- Commend me to my brother.
- Among the objects of knowledge, two especially commend themselves to our contemplation.
- I commend unto you Phoebe our sister.
See also
* suggest * consider * approvalNoun
(en noun)- Speak in his just commend .
- Hearty commends and much endeared love to you.
External links
* * *condemn
English
Verb
(en verb)- The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
- The president condemns the terrorist.
- The president condemns the terrorist attacks.