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Perhaps her denunciation was the revenge of feminine jealousy, of that passion which the lower orders of Roman society did not extinguish in the hearts of their women as did the aristocracy This denunciation, however,--we know this from the pages of ancient writers,--was one of the most terrible griefs of Tiberius's old age.

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  1. noun The act or an instance of denouncing, especially a public condemnation or censure.
  2. noun The act of accusing another of a crime before a public prosecutor.

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  • I have no hostility to Roman doctrine or dogma, for the distinction I make between the different forms of anthropomorphic religion is only one of degree, and I have so many personal friends amongst Roman Catholics in whom I see the fire of pure and living spirituality glowing through the forms and superstitions of their creed that I cannot join in that indiscriminate denunciation which is common amongst Protestants. —  The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II
  • Perhaps her denunciation was the revenge of feminine jealousy, of that passion which the lower orders of Roman society did not extinguish in the hearts of their women as did the aristocracy. —  The Women of the Caesars
  • All who heard this denunciation were astounded at the lady's manner, for she looked daggers at the object of her sarcasm. —  Reminiscences of Captain Gronow
  • There appears to be some disagreement between those who think the composite should just be a denunciation, and those who want something more to be done about it. —  Union Futures
  • After President Karzai's angry denunciation, and the results of his team's investigation was released, the U.S. military altered its account slightly, admitting that only 25 Taliban fighters had actually died as well as five Afghans identified as "noncombatants," including a woman and two children. —  Infowars
 

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  1. Middle English denunciacioun, from Latin dēnūntiātiō, dēnūntiātiōn-, from dēnūntiātus, past participle of dēnūntiāre, to announce; see denounce.

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  1. = French dénonciation = Provencal denunciatio = Spanish denunciacion = Portuguese denunciação = Italian denunziazione, from Latin denunciatio(n-), denuntiatio(n-), from denunciare, denuntiare, past participle denunciatus, denuntiatus, denounce: see denounce.
 

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