"In an unusual denunciation of parents, the community leader said, "Parents have not been taking enough responsibility for their children."
Context Clues:
Well if it is unusual thing coming for a parent to say that they are not taking enough responsibility for their kids it could mean criticism.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Denunciation
–noun
1.
an act or instance of denouncing; public censure or condemnation.
2.
an accusation of crime before a public prosecutor or tribunal.
3.
notice of the termination or the renouncement of an international agreement or part thereof.
4.
Archaic. warning of impending evil; threat.
The principal's denunciation of the teacher angered many of the faculty; the parents, however, applauded the principal's actions.
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