delación

Definitions of delación
  1. noun
    a public act of denouncing
    synonyms: condena, denuncia, denunciación
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    excoriación
    severe censure
    diatriba, fulminación, invectiva
    thunderous verbal attack
    diatriba, filípica, invectiva
    a speech of violent denunciation
    condenación
    the act of damning
    execración, imprecación
    an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
    anatema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
    imprecación
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
    type of:
    acto de habla
    the use of language to perform some act
  2. noun
    formal accusation of a crime
    synonyms: denuncia
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    acusación, denunciación
    a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
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