denunciation

American  

[dih-nuhn-see-ey-shuhn, -shee-] / dɪˌnʌn siˈeɪ ʃən, -ʃi- /

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.

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denunciation British  

/ dɪˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən /

noun

1. open condemnation; censure; denouncing

2. obsolete law a charge or accusation of crime made by an individual before a public prosecutor or tribunal

3. a formal announcement of the termination of a treaty

4. archaic an announcement in the form of an impending threat or warning

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Other Word Forms

• nondenunciation noun
• overdenunciation noun

Etymology

Origin of denunciation

1540–50; < Latin dēnuntiātiōn- (stem of dēnuntiātiō ), equivalent to dēnuntiāt ( us ) ( denunciate ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

The daring title essay is a denunciation of what she viewed as the modern practice of substituting our own meanings for those contained in works of art, an act that “tames” those works.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the final days of the Third Reich, the Nazis were more frantic than ever in their pursuit of their opponents, real or imagined, and were relentless in their efforts to squeeze out more denunciations.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Wright keeps tossing in would-be funny denunciations of the moneyed elites that are about as spicy as a bowl of sour cream.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cicero’s rhetoric would be echoed centuries later by Edmund Burke, who invoked Verres in his denunciation of Warren Hastings, the British governor general of India who was impeached for corruption in 1787.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those denunciations came before investigators had offered any explanation for the attack.

From Salon

Related Words

• accusation
• censure
• denouncement
• indictment
• invective
• reprimand