断罪|だんざいdanzai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbjudgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation
  2. nounbeheading; decapitation
Conjugation
Dictionary form断罪する(だんざいする)
Polite (masu)断罪します(だんざいします)
Negative (nai)断罪しない(だんざいしない)
polite (masen)断罪しません(だんざいしません)
classical zu / nu断罪せず・断罪せぬ(だんざいせず・だんざいせぬ)
Past (ta)断罪した(だんざいした)
polite (mashita)断罪しました(だんざいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)断罪しなかった(だんざいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)断罪しませんでした(だんざいしませんでした)
Te form断罪して(だんざいして)
Potential断罪できる(だんざいできる)
Passive断罪される(だんざいされる)
Causative断罪させる(だんざいさせる)
Causative passive断罪させられる(だんざいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)断罪すれば(だんざいすれば)
tara断罪したら(だんざいしたら)
Volitional断罪しよう(だんざいしよう)
polite (mashou)断罪しましょう(だんざいしましょう)
Imperative断罪しろ(だんざいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related罪するつみするWrittenWritten/formal prose word for finding someone guilty and punishing them; rare in use. 「断罪」 is more often figurative, for harsh condemnation.
  • Antonym赦免しゃめんFormalFormal term for pardoning a crime, covering legal measures such as amnesty or commutation of a sentence; the opposite of conviction by 「断罪」.
  • Antonym免罪めんざいWrittenMeans freeing someone from guilt or sin rather than convicting them; best known from 「免罪符」. Stands opposite to 「断罪」.
  • Antonym放免ほうめんWrittenRefers to releasing someone and lifting restraint, as in 「無罪放免」; the opposite of 「断罪」's handing down a conviction.

Use 「断罪」 for convicting someone of a crime, and figuratively for harsh condemnation, as in 「不正を断罪する」. For pardoning a crime choose 「赦免」 or 「免罪」; for release without conviction, 「無罪放免」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 罪つみの判決はんけつを下くだすこと。
  2. 斬罪ざんざいにすること。
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