denounce

Definitions


[dɪˈnaʊns], (Verb)

Definitions:
- publicly declare to be wrong or evil
(e.g: the Assembly denounced the use of violence)


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Origin:
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘proclaim’, also ‘proclaim someone to be wicked, a rebel, etc.’): from Old French denoncier, from Latin denuntiare ‘give official information’, based on nuntius ‘messenger’




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