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.