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
  • At the end of his first term, his standing among GOP lawmakers was precarious: The Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol building led to condemnations from both sides of the aisle and his historic second impeachment.
    Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Israel has managed to destroy most of Gaza and is in the process of pulverizing parts of Lebanon to international condemnation and outrage and political and diplomatic isolation, but without facing effective efforts to rein it in.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of condemnation
Noun
  • Senior Democratic lawmakers are trapped between their deep distrust of Donald Trump and their vigorous denunciations of any election challenges in the years since the Jan. 6 attack.
    Justin Green, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
  • In the course of it, nearly everyone seemed to agree that there was a problem with Lewis, and he was subjected to a series of heated denunciations.
    Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of denunciation
Noun
  • In reality, Arthur Watkins, this conservative Republican senator from Utah, chaired the censure committee and then was destroyed for it.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • In 2018, the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate also stalled the promotion of Neom as Crown Prince Mohammed faced global censure and scrutiny over the incident.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of censure
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  • And in 1964, the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church canceled their mutual excommunications of one another (dating back to 1054), thereby allowing interchurch dialogue to begin.
    Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
  • When Hazimi’s followers were fighting in Iraq and Syria, some of them argued that locals who had used government courts and participated in elections were infidels deserving of excommunication.
    Vera Mironova, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2017
Definition of excommunication
Noun
  • According to an informal poll taken by The Athletic, 62% of respondents voted for a lifetime ban; 18.2% elected a suspension of 1-5 years; 17.4% went with a 1-year prohibition; and 2.4% said no further punishment is necessary.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The report found cases of women being attacked by staff members in all 50 states, often without punishment for the accused.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of punishment
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  • 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
  • Popular on Variety Based on historical records, the film is inspired by the true stories of women who attempted to end their lives by committing murders in order to escape the damnation promised to men and women who committed suicide.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024
Definition of damnation
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