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verurteilen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • censure noun Strong, formal criticism or disapproval.
  • condemn verb To strongly criticise something as wrong or unacceptable.
  • convict verb To find someone guilty of a crime in a court of law.
  • denounce verb To publicly criticize or condemn someone or something as wrong.
  • doom noun A terrible fate that seems certain and impossible to avoid, especially death or destruction.
  • sentence noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.

Senses

verurteilen is used for these senses in English:

  • censure (transitive) To criticize harshly.
  • condemn (transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
  • convict (chiefly, religion, ethics) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).
  • denounce (transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
  • doom (transitive) To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.
  • sentence (transitive) To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.

censure — full definition

  1. noun Strong, formal criticism or disapproval.
  2. verb To criticize or formally reprimand someone.

condemn — full definition

  1. verb To strongly criticise something as wrong or unacceptable.
  2. verb To officially declare a building unsafe for use.
  3. verb To sentence someone to a punishment, especially death.

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