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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. speak out against;
- Example: "He denounced the Nazis"

2. to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful;
- Example: "He denounced the government action"
- Example: "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock"
[syn: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark]

3. announce the termination of, as of treaties;

4. give away information about somebody;
- Example: "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
[syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Denounce \De*nounce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Denouncing.] [F. d['e]noncer, OF. denoncier, fr. L. denuntiare, denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, nuntius a messenger, message. See Nuncio, and cf. Denunciate.] 1. To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil). [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Denouncing wrath to come. --Milton. [1913 Webster] I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish. --Deut. xxx. 18. [1913 Webster] 2. To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression. [1913 Webster] His look denounced desperate. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize. [1913 Webster] Denounced for a heretic. --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster] To denounce the immoralities of Julius C[ae]sar. --Brougham. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

denounce v 1: speak out against; "He denounced the Nazis" 2: to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark] 3: announce the termination of, as of treaties 4: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag]