Condemnation vs Rebuke - What's the difference?
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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.
A harsh criticism.
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
To criticise harshly; to reprove.
As nouns the difference between condemnation and rebuke
is that condemnation is the act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation while rebuke is a harsh criticism.As a verb rebuke is
to criticise harshly; to reprove.condemnation
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* (act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong) praise * (act of judicially adjudging guilty) acquittal * (ground or reason of condemning) acquittal, justificationrebuke
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(en noun)Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.