Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - condemn

 transitive verb  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French condempner, from Latin ~are, from com- + damnare to ~ — more at damn  Date: 14th century  1. to declare to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil usually after weighing evidence and without reservation a policy widely ~ed as racist  2.  a. to pronounce guilty ; convict  b. sentence, doom ~ a prisoner to die  3. to adjudge unfit for use or consumption ~ an old apartment building  4. to declare convertible to public use under the right of eminent domain  Synonyms: see criticize  • ~able adjective  • ~atory adjective  • ~er or ~or noun