Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or an instance of denouncing, especially a public condemnation or censure.
- n. The act of accusing another of a crime before a public prosecutor.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of denouncing or announcing; announcement; publication; proclamation; annunciation: as, a faithful denunciation of the gospel.
- n. Solemn or formal declaration accompanied with a menace: a declaration of intended evil; proclamation of a threat; a public menace: as, a denunciation of war or of wrath.
- n. In Scots law, the act by which a person who has disobeyed the charge given on letters of horning is outlawed or proclaimed a rebel.
- n. In civil law, accusation against one of a crime before a public prosecuting officer.
- n. The act of denouncing a treaty.
Wiktionary
- n. Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.
- n. The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.
- n. That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.
- n. The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.
- n. That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a public act of denouncing
Etymologies
- Middle English denunciacioun, from Latin dēnūntiātiō, dēnūntiātiōn-, from dēnūntiātus, past participle of dēnūntiāre, to announce; see denounce. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“But to dare to ask the question brought certain denunciation from the neo-conservative political power grid: Only a traitorous, subversive, unpatriotic, flag-burning, communist America-hater would question the virtue of a U.S. military venture.”
“The term denunciation is also applied to matters connected with the Sacrament of Matrimony (see BANNS).”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
“That mysterious chest, to which you tell me so terrible a denunciation is annexed, shall be preserved sacred as the relics of St.Fillan.”
“Reverend Wright's silence after the 'denunciation' is deafening!”
“The a singular impression in Act One who has a tiny force of denunciation is a cynic Apemantus.”
“The priest realized the crucial moment, felt his power tottering, opened his mouth in denunciation, but fled backward before the truculent advance, upraised fist, and flashing eyes, of Mackenzie.”
“He seems to think that strident moral denunciation is the only acceptable position to take on anything relating to Nazism.”
Matthew Yglesias » The Real German Resistance to Hitler: The Social Democrats
““Those sons of monkeys, enemies of God and killers of prophets,” he declared, his voice rising in denunciation of Jews, “are killing our brothers and sisters in Palestine.””
“First, his visit was largely overshadowed by a denunciation from the Democratic candidate for the governorship of the small, loyally Democratic state.”
“And the recent March 2009 Declaration 'No to a Mission to the Jews - Yes to Jewish-Christian dialogue' in denunciation of this prayer of the liberal Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) makes just this move.”
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