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–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)

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—Related forms

de·nounce·ment, noun

de·nounc·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. attack, stigmatize, blame, brand.

—Antonyms 1. praise, commend.

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tr.v. de·nounced, de·nounc·ing, de·nounc·es

To condemn openly as being evil or reprehensible. See Synonyms at criticize.
To accuse formally.
To give formal announcement of the ending of (a treaty).

[Middle English denouncen, to proclaim, from Anglo-Norman denuncier and Medieval Latin dēnūntiāre, both from Latin : dē-, de- + nūntiāre, to announce (from nūntius, messenger; see neu- in Indo-European roots).]

de·nounce'ment n., de·nounc'er n.

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