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denounce

Pronunciation: /diˈnaʊns/

The English word “denounce” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
  2. To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
  3. To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
  4. To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
  5. To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
  6. To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked.

Etymology

From Old French denuncier, from Latin dēnūntiō (“to announce, to denounce, to threaten”), from de + nūntiō (“to announce, to report, to denounce”), from nūntius (“messenger, message”). Doublet of denunciate.

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