different between condemn vs reject

English

Etymology

From Middle English condempnen, from Old French condamner, from Latin condemn?re (“to sentence, condemn, blame”), from com- + damn?re (“to harm, condemn, damn”), from damnum (“damage, injury, loss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?d?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Verb

condemn (third-person singular simple present condemns, present participle condemning, simple past and past participle condemned)

1. (transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate the perpetrators of.

   The president condemned the terrorists.
2. (transitive) To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
3. (transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
4. (transitive) To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.

5. (transitive) To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
6. (transitive) To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
7. To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
8. (transitive) To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
9. (transitive, law) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.

Synonyms

• damn
• (to pronounce guilty): convict

Antonyms

• save
• (to pronounce guilty): acquit

Related terms

• condemnable
• condemnation

Translations

Further reading

• condemn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• condemn in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• condemn at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin r?iectus, past participle of r?icere (“to throw back”), from r?- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Middle English forwerpen (“to reject”) (from Old English forweorpan), Middle English forcasten (“to reject, throw away”) (from Old Norse forkasta), Middle English skirpen (“to reject, spew out”) (from Old Norse skirpa (“to reject, spit out”)), Middle English wernen (“to refuse, reject”) (from Old English wiernan (“to refuse, reject”)), Middle English withchosen, withchesen (“to reject, choose against”) (from Old English wiþ??osan (“to reject”)).

Pronunciation

• (verb) enPR: r?j?kt?, IPA^(key): /???d??kt/
• (noun) enPR: r??j?kt, IPA^(key): /??i?d??kt/
• Hyphenation: re?ject
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

reject (third-person singular simple present rejects, present participle rejecting, simple past and past participle rejected)

1. (transitive) To refuse to accept.

2. (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
3. To refuse a romantic advance.

Synonyms

• (refuse to accept): decline, refuse, turn down, repudiate, disown, abnegate, abjure, deny

Antonyms

• (refuse to accept): accept, take up

Translations

Noun

reject (plural rejects)

1. Something that is rejected.
2. (derogatory slang) An unpopular person.
3. (colloquial) a rejected defective product in a production line.
4. (aviation) A rejected takeoff.

Synonyms

• (something that is rejected): castaway
• (an unpopular person): outcast, castaway, alien
• (rejected takeoff): RTO

Related terms

• rejection

Translations