'Denunciation' definitions:
Definition of 'denunciation'
(from WordNet)
noun
A public act of denouncing [syn: denunciation, denouncement]
Definition of 'Denunciation'
From: GCIDE
- Denunciation \De*nun`ci*a"tion\, n. [L. denuntiatio, -ciatio.]
- 1. Proclamation; announcement; a publishing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Public . . . denunciation of banns before marriage. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment. [1913 Webster]
- Uttering bold denunciations of ecclesiastical error. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'denunciation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accusal,
- accusation,
- accusing,
- allegation,
- allegement,
- anathema,
- anathematizing,
- arraignment,
- ban,
- bill of particulars,
- blame,
- blasphemy,
- bringing of charges,
- bringing to book,
- bulldozing,
- castigation,
- censure,
- charge,
- commination,
- complaint,
- condemnation,
- conviction,
- count,
- curse,
- damnation,
- death sentence,
- death warrant,
- decrial,
- delation,
- denouncement,
- doom,
- empty threat,
- evil eye,
- excommunication,
- excoriation,
- execration,
- flaying,
- foreboding,
- fulmination,
- fustigation,
- guilty verdict,
- hex,
- idle threat,
- imminence,
- impeachment,
- implication,
- implied threat,
- imprecation,
- imputation,
- indictment,
- information,
- innuendo,
- insinuation,
- intimidation,
- judgment,
- lawsuit,
- laying of charges,
- malison,
- malocchio,
- menace,
- pillorying,
- plaint,
- promise of harm,
- proscription,
- prosecution,
- rap,
- reprehension,
- reproach,
- reprobation,
- sentence,
- skinning alive,
- stricture,
- suit,
- sword of Damocles,
- taxing,
- threat,
- threateningness,
- threatfulness,
- thundering,
- true bill,
- unspoken accusation,
- veiled accusation,
- verdict of guilty,
- warning,
- whammy