condemnation

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CONDEMNATION, noun 1. The act of condemning; the judicial act of declaring one guilty, and dooming him to punishment. For the judgment was by one to condemnation Romans 5:16. 2. The state of being condemned. Dost thou not fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation Luke 23:40. 3. The cause or reason of a sentence of condemnation John 3:19.
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