8 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
verb speak out against
verb to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
verb announce the termination of, as of treaties
originFrom 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0