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Princeton's WordNet

  1. denunciation, denouncementnoun

    a public act of denouncing

Wiktionary

  1. denouncementnoun

    An act of denouncing; a denunciation

  2. denouncementnoun

    A solemn or formal declaration

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Denouncementnoun

    The act of proclaiming any menace; the proclamation of intended evil; denunciation.

    Etymology: from denounce.

    False is the reply of Cain upon the denouncement of his curse, My iniquity is greater than can be forgiven. Thomas Browne, Vu. Err.

Wikipedia

  1. denouncement

    Denunciation (from Latin denuntiare, "to denounce") is the act of publicly assigning to a person the blame for a perceived wrongdoing, with the hope of bringing attention to it. Notably, centralized social control in authoritarian states requires some level of cooperation from the populace. The following two forms of cooperation occur: first, authorities actively use incentives to elicit denunciations from the populace, either through coercion or through the promise of rewards. Second, authorities passively gain access to political negative networks, as individuals denounce to harm others whom they dislike and to gain relative to them. Paradoxically, social control is most effective when authorities provide individuals maximum freedom to direct its coercive power. The most famous informer in western cultural history is Judas - according to the New Testament, Judas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus of Nazareth, betrayed Jesus, making his arrest and his subsequent delivery to the Romans possible. Commonly, denunciation is justified by proponents because it allegedly leads to a better society by reducing or discouraging crime. The punishment of the denounced person is said to be justified because the convicted criminal is morally deserving of punishment. Yet, this reasoning does not present a compelling argument for society's right to inflict punishment on a specific individual. Society may recognize a crime's impact on law-abiding society, but traditional punishment theories do not even attempt to deal with punishment's effect on law-abiding society. Just as punishment may impact potential lawbreakers, it may also impact those who abide by the law. To fully understand society's right to inflict punishment, one must recognize punishment's full impact on all segments of society, not just on potential lawbreakers.

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  1. denouncement

    Denouncement is the public condemnation or criticism of someone or something, usually due to perceived wrongdoing or failure. It often involves expressing strong disapproval or censure.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Denouncementnoun

    solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation

  2. Etymology: [Cf. OF. denoncement.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of denouncement in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of denouncement in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of denouncement in a Sentence

  1. Margarita Stolbizer:

    The speech was filled with imprecise (statements) and lies, she did not give answers to the doubts about this government nor about the content of Nisman's denouncement.

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