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Definition

to strongly criticize or accuse publicly

or more rarely: to inform against someone (turn someone into the authorities)

Much more rarely, denounce can indicate the termination of a treaty or other formal agreement.

She denounced him as a liar.

denounced = strongly criticized or accused publicly

Angry Iraqis denounced terrorist attacks as harmful to progress for the Iraqi people.

denounced = strongly criticized

Although Thomas Jefferson denounced inequality, he continued to hold slaves.
They set out to improve the image of Islam in America by denouncing hatred and emphasizing the faith's common values with other Western creeds.
Luther vigorously denounced the sale of indulgences.
My sister spent the next ten minutes denouncing the Greek system of sororities and fraternities.
Stephen Chbosky -- The Perks of Being a Wallflower

denouncing = strongly criticizing

In trials that were roundly denounced by human rights groups, the nineteen were eventually given life sentences.
Warren St. John -- Outcasts United

denounced = strongly criticized

The implication is that instead of denouncing sweatshops, we in the West should be encouraging manufacturing in poor countries, particularly in Africa and the Muslim world.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky

denouncing = strongly criticizing

I denounce this person as a liar, and impeach him as a coward.
Charles Dickens -- Nicholas Nickleby

denounce = to strongly criticize or accuse publicly

or more rarely: to inform against someone (turn someone into the authorities)

And he was more interested in denouncing the faults of the capitalist world than in cataloging the failures of socialism.
Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains

denouncing = strongly criticizing

it was a time when news about who betrayed, who denounced, and who collaborated spread through nervous Prague
Milan Kundera -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being

denounced = informed against someone to the authorities

For good measure, she forbade Felicia to visit her best friend, Herminia, whose father everyone denounced as a witch doctor.
Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban

denounced = strongly criticized or accused

They denounce God as a hallucination-a delusional crutch for those too weak to accept that life is meaningless.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons

denounce = strongly criticized or accused publicly

...they denounced the American scene as corrupt and degenerate,
Ralph Ellison -- Invisible Man

denounced = strongly and publicly criticized

The leaflets denounced the United Nations vote,
Chaim Potok -- The Chosen

denounced = strongly criticized

the spy's mistress had learned of his activities, and before she could denounce him, he had gunned her down cold-bloodedly.
Laura Esquivel -- Like Water for Chocolate

denounce = turn him into the authorities

...published a scathing denunciation of the population limitation laws.
Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game

denunciation = criticism

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

His sermon was a forthright denunciation of sin,
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

denunciation = strong criticism

Rowena scathingly denounced her betrothed for getting drunk,
Mark Twain -- Pudd'nhead Wilson

denounced = strongly criticized

... and denounced abuses,
Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary

denounced = strongly criticized

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