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de⋅nun⋅ci⋅a⋅tion

  [di-nuhn-see-ey-shuhn, -shee-]
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–noun
1. an act or instance of denouncing; public censure or condemnation.
2. an accusation of crime before a public prosecutor or tribunal.
3. notice of the termination or the renouncement of an international agreement or part thereof.
4. Archaic. warning of impending evil; threat.
Origin:
1540–50; < L dēnuntiātiōn- (s. of dēnuntiātiō), equiv. to dēnuntiāt(us) (see denunciate ) + -iōn- -ion
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de·nun·ci·a·tion   (dĭ-nŭn'sē-ā'shən, -shē-)   
n.  

  1. The act or an instance of denouncing, especially a public condemnation or censure.

  2. The act of accusing another of a crime before a public prosecutor.


[Middle English denunciacioun, from Latin dēnūntiātiō, dēnūntiātiōn-, from dēnūntiātus, past participle of dēnūntiāre, to announce; see denounce.]
de·nun'ci·a'tive (-ā'tĭv, -ə-tĭv), de·nun'ci·a·to'ry (-ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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denunciation 
1548; see denounce.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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