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de·nounce    Audio Help   [di-nouns] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -nounced, -nounc·ing.
1.to condemn or censure openly or publicly: to denounce a politician as morally corrupt.
2.to make a formal accusation against, as to the police or in a court.
3.to give formal notice of the termination or denial of (a treaty, pact, agreement, or the like).
4.Archaic. to announce or proclaim, esp. as something evil or calamitous.
5.Obsolete. to portend.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME denouncen < OF denoncier to speak out < L dénuntiāre to threaten (dé- de- + nuntiāre to announce, deriv. of nuntius messenger)]

—Related forms
de·nounce·ment, noun
de·nounc·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. attack, stigmatize, blame, brand.
—Antonyms 1. praise, commend.
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Main Entry:  denounce
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  denunciative, denunciatory, vituperative, anathematic, comminatory
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Main Entry:  denounce
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  accusation, anathema, denunciation, diatribe, fulmination, invective, vituperation, commination
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Main Entry:  denounce
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  abrade, accuse, announce, arraign, attack, blame, censure, condemn, criticize, decry, excoriate, execrate, fulminate, inveigh, knock, lambaste, stigmatize, upbraid, comminate, delate, denunciate, rail
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