denounce

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   speak out against

   The resistance fighters denounced the Nazis.

2. 2
   verb

   to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful

   I denounced the government action.

3. 3
   verb

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

   Nero[…]sent his Satellites or officers toward him, to denounce the decree of his death to him[…].

4. 4
   verb

   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.

   to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward

5. 5
   verb

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

   to denounce a confederate in crime

6. 6
   verb

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

   to denounce war; to denounce punishment

7. 7
   verb

   To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.

   It would be possible to “denounce” (leave) the Convention altogether, but short of that, legislation to restore the death penalty would place the UK government in breach of its treaty obligations under the ECHR; it would breach international law.

8. 8
   verb

   give away information about somebody

Etymology

From Old French denuncier, from Latin dēnūntiō (“to announce, to denounce, to threaten”), from de + nūntiō (“to announce, to report, to denounce”), from nūntius (“messenger, message”). Doublet of denunciate.