# denounce

> English word · Verb · IPA /diˈnaʊns/ · frequency rank #21,181

## Definitions
1. To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
2. To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
3. To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
4. To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
5. To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
6. To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked.

## Etymology
From Old French denuncier, from Latin dēnūntiō (“to announce, to denounce, to threaten”), from de + nūntiō (“to announce, to report, to denounce”), from nūntius (“messenger, message”). Doublet of denunciate.

## Easily confused with
- **denounced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denounce-vs-denounced)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ddenounce`, `dennounce`, `denonuce`, `denoucne`, `denouncce`, `denounec`, `denounnce`, `denuonce`, `deonunce`, `dneounce`, `ednounce`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/denounce