to pronounce to be guilty; sentence to punishment: to condemn a murderer to life imprisonment.to give grounds or reason for convicting or censuring: His acts condemn him.

What does it mean to condemn a person?

transitive verb. 1 : to declare to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil usually after weighing evidence and without reservation a policy widely condemned as racist. 2a : to pronounce guilty : convict. b : sentence, doom condemn a prisoner to die.

What is an example of condemn?

A condemning or being condemned. The definition of a condemnation is an accusation, or a scolding or punishment for a bad act. An example of a condemnation is a punishment for murder. The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.