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Considered guilty, resistance suppressed and condemned (8)

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I believe the answer is:

accursed

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'condemned' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for accursed that I've seen before include "Goddamn" , "Wretched" , "Cue cards (anag) - doomed" , "Detestable (colloq.)" , "Damned" .)

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