to declare (a person or an action) to be utterly reprehensible, wrong, or evil, usu after considering evidence
to prescribe punishment for (somebody); specif to sentence (somebody) to death
(usu + to) to cause (somebody) to suffer something unpleasant; to doom
He was condemned to a life of solitude
to declare (something) unfit for use
condemnable /kənʹdemnəbl/ adj
condemnation /kondemʹnaysh(ə)n/ noun
condemnatory /kənʹdemnət(ə)ri/ adj
[Middle English condemnen via Old French from Latin condemnare, from con- + damnare: see damn1]