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CONDEMNATORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does condemnatory mean?
• CONDEMNATORY (adjective)
The adjective CONDEMNATORY has 1 sense:
1. containing or imposing condemnation or censure
Familiarity information: CONDEMNATORY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Containing or imposing condemnation or censure
Synonyms:
condemnatory; condemning
Context example:
a condemnatory decree
Similar:
inculpative; inculpatory (causing blame to be imputed to)
Derivation:
condemn (express strong disapproval of)
Context examples
I have not yet said anything condemnatory of Mr. Rochester's project of marrying for interest and connections.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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