denouncement
Formal public rebuke
Denouncement is the act of publicly condemning or accusing someone or something.
It carries the same meaning as denunciation but appears less frequently: The senator's denouncement of corruption made headlines.
The word often implies a formal or dramatic declaration of disapproval.
Formal institutional disapproval
- criticismJudgment of faults
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
castigation · vilification · excoriation · denigration · opprobrium · vituperation · scorn · contempt
Assertion lacking proof
- chargeCost or accusation
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- incriminationSuggesting someone's guilt
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
impeachment · prosecution · arraignment · complaint · testimony · evidence · witness · informing
Surprising disclosed truth
- exposureState of being unprotected
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- unmaskingRevealing what's hidden
- outingShort recreational trip
exposé · whistleblowing · divulgence · uncovering · discovery · proclamation · confession · admission
Formal refusal to accept
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- abjurationSworn repudiation of allegiance
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
disowning · abandonment · withdrawal · revocation · disclaiming · nullification · forsaking · abnegation
censure
Formal institutional disapproval
disapproval · castigation · vilification · excoriation · denigration · opprobrium · vituperation · scorn · contempt · disdain
allegation
Assertion lacking proof
- chargeCost or accusation
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- incriminationSuggesting someone's guilt
blame · impeachment · prosecution · arraignment · complaint · testimony · evidence · witness · informing · fingering
revelation
Surprising disclosed truth
outing · exposé · whistleblowing · divulgence · uncovering · discovery · proclamation · confession · admission · betrayal
repudiation
Formal refusal to accept
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- abjurationSworn repudiation of allegiance
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
retraction · disowning · abandonment · withdrawal · revocation · disclaiming · nullification · forsaking · abnegation · disaffirmation
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- witch huntswitch trials, witch hunt, witch hunts, Salem witch trials, Salem trials
- political actionsvote, bill, sanction, pardon, amnesty
- Inquisitioninquisition, heretic, inquisitors, heretics, heresy trial
- political rhetoricstump speech, talking point, slogan, soundbite, keynote
denouncementendorsement
Formal expression of support
praise · commendation · acclaim · tribute · accolade
denouncementdefense
Protection against harm
support · vindication · championship · advocacy · backing
denouncementdefense
Protection against harm
vindication · exoneration · justification · absolution · acquittal