denouncement

noun

Definition of denouncementnext
as in condemnation

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  1. condemnation
  2. denunciation
  3. censure
  4. excommunication
  5. punishment
  6. damnation
Noun
  • Inside, 190 lawmakers succeeded in voting against the decree and Yoon was forced to lift martial law just six hours after announcing it, amid widespread condemnation.
    Ivan Watson, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The declaration followed Marcos Jr.'s signing of legislation clarifying his nation's maritime claims, a move that drew strong condemnation from Beijing.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of condemnation
Noun
  • Fear, the emotion that predominates in Le Corbeau, seems familiar — lingering from the tyrannical Covid lockdowns, Stasi-like doxxing, denunciations, and the social antagonism endured through political partisanship.
    Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
  • But Musk did not confine his anger to harsh denunciations.
    Marietje Schaake, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of denunciation
Noun
  • The party says there will be disciplinary action — which could include censure, suspension and a ban — for those who violate the code.
    Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Heinz removed the censure from his request and put forth a motion requesting investigations by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona into the sheriff's actions.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of censure
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  • They are set to be bailed out in two days, and the colony’s bishop demands that the victims forgive them—or else face excommunication and be denied a spot in heaven.
    Ruth Madievsky, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
  • But there are 10 narrow circumstances in which excommunication is not automatic — and Pope Francis in 2016 granted Catholic priests a right once limited to bishops: to absolve those who have had abortions.
    Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of excommunication
Noun
  • The 7-year-old alleged their hands had been duct taped behind their back at one point and said they and their siblings were hit with a belt as a punishment.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Trump stands by tariffs On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly promised to impose tariffs on countries that build their factories outside the U.S. or as a means of punishment against nations that allow immigrants to enter the U.S. illegally.
    Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of punishment
Noun
  • Even though his dumb blog has only three readers, Google Face identifies my sodden visage by name, and puts those pictures into the eternal damnation of Google Image search results.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2010
  • At the heart of his own clairvoyance and mediumship was an understanding that God was benevolent — too good to ever create something so awful as hell or eternal damnation.
    Elizabeth Garner Masarik / Made by History, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of damnation
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