DENOUNCEMENT

denouncement.  1.  An  act  of  accusation  or  condemnation  <denouncement  of  a  thief>.2.  A

declaration  of  a  threatened  action  <denouncement  of  war>  <  denouncement  of  a  treaty>.3.  An

application  for  a  grant  to  work  a  mine  that  is  either  newly  discovered  or  forfeited  <the

denouncement was granted>.4.Archaic. A formal announcement; a declaration <a denouncement

of a doctrine>. — Also termed denunciation. — denunciatory, denunciative,adj. [Blacks Law 8th]