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To denounce is defined as to take a public stand against something and make clear you don't like or are condemning it.

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An example of denounce is when you publicly speak out against corporate pollution.

See denounce in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb denounced, denouncing

to accuse publicly; inform against: to denounce an accomplice in crime
to condemn strongly as evil
to give formal notice of the ending of (a treaty, armistice, etc.)
Obsolete to announce, esp. in a menacing way

Origin: ME denouncen < OFr denoncier < L denuntiare: see denunciation

Related Forms:

denouncement noun
denouncer noun

See denounce in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb de·nounced, de·nounc·ing, de·nounc·es

To condemn openly as being evil or reprehensible. See Synonyms at criticize.
To accuse formally.
To give formal announcement of the ending of (a treaty).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English denouncen, to proclaim

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman denuncier

Origin: and Medieval Latin dēnūntiāre

Origin: , both from Latin

Origin: : dē-, de-

Origin: + nūntiāre, to announce (from nūntius, messenger; see neu- in Indo-European roots)

Related Forms:

de·nounceˈment noun

de·nouncˈer noun

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