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verb

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1. To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.

2. To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.

   Example: to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward

3. To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.

   Example: to denounce a confederate in crime

4. To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.

   Example: to denounce war; to denounce punishment