Condemn vs Condone - What's the difference?
condemn | condone |
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.
To forgive, excuse or overlook (something).
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=18 To allow, accept or permit (something).
(legal) To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).
In transitive terms the difference between condemn and condone
is that condemn is to adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption while condone is to allow, accept or permit (something).In transitive legal terms the difference between condemn and condone
is that condemn is to declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service while condone is to forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).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.
Synonyms
* damn * (to pronounce guilty) convictAntonyms
* save * (to pronounce guilty) acquitExternal links
* * *condone
English
Verb
(condon)citation, passage=‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?}}