denouncement

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Noun
  • It must be asked not as condemnation, but as a doorway to deeper understanding—of her, of ourselves, and of the social and emotional architecture that keeps so many of us bound in silence, shame, and survival.
    Shayla Brown, Essence, 19 May 2025
  • The death of Rajab, while one of thousands of children killed in Gaza since Israeli launched its military offensive following the terror attacks by Hamas on Oct. 7 2023, sparked global condemnation, with student protestors at Columbia University renaming overtaken buildings in honor of the victim.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • China’s vilification of Lai echoes Beijing’s denunciations, roughly two decades ago, of Chen Shui-bian, then president of Taiwan.
    Bonny Lin, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2025
  • This one is both meaner-spirited and clumsier, as Brooker grafts his prank call coming from inside the house onto a denunciation of one of the planet’s profoundest manmade evils: the health-care industry.
    Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Libby filed her lawsuit against Fecteau to have the censure overturned on March 11.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
  • The trial committee recommended that Bush receive a confidential letter of censure and a ban from serving as a strike captain for three years.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Breaking the oath of secrecy results in automatic excommunication from the church.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 7 May 2025
  • To further preserve the complete privacy of the conclave, the support staff — including chefs, cleaners and custodians — all took an oath of secrecy, of which the punishment for breaking it is excommunication, CBS News reported.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Though itself a form of punishment, the breathalyzers were also pitched as a compromise to prevent people from losing their driving privileges entirely—something that can be devastating in a country where driving is often essential for work and daily life.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 15 May 2025
  • On the same day she was sworn into office, Pirro unveiled on Wednesday evening the punishment for two men who carried out a broad-daylight drive-by shooting near a D.C. elementary school.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • However benign or malicious — whatever its life or death, possible eternal salvation or never-ending damnation — this spirit seizes your attention from the get-go because everything in this twisty, technically virtuosic, surprisingly moving chiller is shot from its point of view.
    Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Earth’s ‘Gateway to Hell’ is growing There are many natural landmarks on our planet named after a biblical destination of eternal damnation.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Denouncement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denouncement. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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