Forgive vs Condemn - What's the difference?
forgive | condemn |
To pardon, to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment.
To accord forgiveness.
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.
In lang=en terms the difference between forgive and condemn
is that forgive is to accord forgiveness while condemn is to adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.As verbs the difference between forgive and condemn
is that forgive is to pardon, to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment while condemn is to confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.forgive
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Verb
- Only the brave know how to forgive'''...A coward never '''forgave ; it is not in his nature. -
Derived terms
* *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.