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de⋅nounce

  [di-nouns]
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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 dēnuntiāre to threaten (dē- 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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de·nounce   (dĭ-nouns')   
tr.v.   de·nounced, de·nounc·ing, de·nounc·es
  1. To condemn openly as being evil or reprehensible. See Synonyms at criticize.
  2. To accuse formally.
  3. 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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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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Language Translation for : denounce
Spanish: denunciar,
German: anklagen,
Japanese: 非難する
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denounce 
c.1300, from O.Fr. denoncier, from L. denuntiare, from de- "down" + nuntiare "proclaim, announce," from nuntius "messenger" (see nuncio).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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