A noun meaning condemnation or the penalty that results from condemnation — the verdict of guilty and its consequence. It is a legal term for the formal sentence of condemnation, emphasizing not just the judgment but the resulting penalty. Paul's most famous use is the declaration of no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:1 — 'There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus' — is one of the most liberating sentences in all of Scripture. The word katakrima refers not just to the feeling of being condemned but to the actual legal verdict and its penalty. Paul has spent Romans 1-7 establishing that all humanity stands under God's righteous katakrima. Romans 8 announces the reversal: the condemnation has been absorbed by Christ on the cross. The condemned are declared not guilty. This is not the cancellation of justice but its fulfillment — the penalty was paid, the law satisfied, the condemnation exhausted in Christ.