DENOUNCEMENT Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

denouncement

noun

Definition of denouncement

as in condemnation

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Recent Examples of denouncement Following Rourke’s denouncement of the GoFundMe effort, Hines told fans that if Rourke didn’t want the money, donors would be reimbursed. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2026 In coordination with former President Franklin Roosevelt’s public denouncement of discrimination of Black Americans, Plato, president of the Plato Construction Company, was contracted to build 88 houses on the site of Camp Taylor, the former military installation in southwest Louisville. — Steve Wiser, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Nov. 2025 To their credit, the Young Republicans organization issued a strong denouncement of the comments, although I was horrified by reading the online responses to it. — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025 The quiet denouncement of Bob’s martyrdom complex points to people of color’s self-sufficiency. — Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025 Kennedy has long held anti-vaccine beliefs that came to a head with his denouncement of the Covid-19 vaccines. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2025

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Noun

The government’s unprecedented move this week sparked condemnations across the political and legal spectrum, sounding the alarm that Israel was becoming a country whose executive no longer felt bound by the rule of law.

— Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2026
With no end in sight to the fighting after one year of bloodshed, the IOC reiterates its condemnation of the war in Ukraine, which is a blatant violation of the Olympic Truce that was in effect at the time, and the Olympic Charter.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

Definition of condemnation

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His denunciation so incensed far-right Israelis that a number of activists were detained while protesting his son’s bar mitzvah in Jerusalem the next year, Emanuel recalled.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Three words The lengthiest denunciation of Tyndale’s translation came from More, the English humanist who was King Henry VIII’s leading political official.

— Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

Definition of denunciation

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After the censure on Monday, Hulsey again tried to exclude the city administrator from council business when the governing body went into executive session.

— Rachel Royster July 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026
The escalation should start with a warning from the chair, followed by a motion of the board of censure (asking the owner to quiet down), followed by a motion to eject the offending owner from the meeting.

— Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026

Definition of censure

Noun

The Vatican said dialogue was offered to the group ahead of the schism and that the step of ordaining bishops without ⁠church approval was considered so grave that excommunication was automatic.

— Reuters, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Luigi Casalini, of the blog Messa in Latino, meaning Latin Mass, said the excommunication of the bishops was correct because canon law provides for it.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of excommunication

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Wildfires have also scorched thousands of acres in Arizona, which led Phoenix to ban all fireworks on city property including parks and within 1 mile of nature preserves, with punishments including $2,500 fines.

— Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
The parliament in England created laws against Quakers, forbidding them to worship freely, charging them with punishments for refusing to take oaths or refusing to remove their hats.

— Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 3 July 2026

Definition of punishment

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There is a temptation to expand the view of this ruling, to look at the slippery slope that has been legally greased and pontificate about how this will lead to the further damnation of college sports.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
One Brokeback Mountain movie ticket can mean family rejection or eternal damnation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 June 2026

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