Dictionary entry

Denunciation

Webster's Dictionary 1913

De‐nun′ci‐a″tion (?), n. [L. denuntiatio, -ciatio.] 1. Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.

Public... denunciation of banns before marriage. Bp. Hall.

2. The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.

3. That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.

Uttering bold denunciations of ecclesiastical error. Motley.