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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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
denounce

c.1300, from O.Fr. denoncier, from L. denuntiare, from de- "down" + nuntiare "proclaim, announce," from nuntius "messenger" (see nuncio).

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denounce
verb
1.	speak out against; "He denounced the Nazis"
2.	to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: stigmatize]
3.	announce the termination of, as of treaties
4.	give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
denounce [diˈnauns] verb

to accuse publicly (of a crime etc)
Example: He was denounced as a murderer.

Arabic:	يَتَّهِم عَلَنا
Chinese (Simplified):	谴责
Chinese (Traditional):	譴責
Czech:	obžalovat
Danish:	fordømme; anklage
Dutch:	openlijk beschuldigen
Estonian:	hukka mõistma
Finnish:	tuomita
French:	dénoncer
German:	anklagen
Greek:	καταγγέλλω
Hungarian:	feljelent
Icelandic:	fordæma, *ákæra opinberlega
Indonesian:	menuduh
Italian:	denunciare

Japanese:	非難する
Korean:	공공연히 비난하다
Latvian:	apsūdzēt
Lithuanian:	demaskuoti
Norwegian:	anklage, stemple
Polish:	demaskować
Portuguese (Brazil):	denunciar
Portuguese (Portugal):	denunciar
Romanian:	a denunţa
Russian:	обвинять
Slovak:	obžalovať
Slovenian:	obtožiti
Spanish:	denunciar
Swedish:	peka ut, ange, fördöma
Turkish:	açıkça suçlamak, itham etmek

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Denounce

De*nounce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Denouncing.] [F. d['e]noncer, OF. denoncier, fr. L. denuntiare, denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, nuntius a messenger, message. See Nuncio, and cf. Denunciate.]

1. To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil). [Obs.]

Denouncing wrath to come. --Milton.

I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish. --Deut. xxx. 18.

2. To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression.

His look denounced desperate. --Milton.

3. To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize.

Denounced for a heretic. --Sir T. More.

To denounce the immoralities of Julius C[ae]sar. --Brougham.

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