condemn vs justify

condemn

verb
  • To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence 

  • 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. 

  • To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty. 

  • To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use. 

  • To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone. 

  • To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate the perpetrators of. 

  • To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service. 

  • To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation. 

  • To confer eternal divine punishment upon. 

justify

verb
  • To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation. 

  • To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin. 

  • To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant. 

  • To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property. 

  • To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned. 

  • To provide an acceptable explanation for. 

  • To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right. 

  • To prove; to ratify; to confirm. 

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