de·nounce
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English
Definition: To pronounce, especially publicly, to be blameworthy or evil

re·ject
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English
Definition: To refuse to accept, consider, submit to, take for some purpose, or use

During last night’s debate, Hillary Clinton tried to score points by claiming that “denouncing” anti-Semitism isn’t as good as “rejecting” it, while Barack Obama responded that he both rejects and denounces it …

At issue: Obama’s endorsement from Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan, the controversial Chicago-based minister who has made numerous anti-Semitic comments in the past.

Barack Obama said he didn’t seek Farrakhan’s support and denounced his views. Clinton interjected that in her initial Senate campaign in New York in 2000, she rejected an endorsement by an anti-Semitic group.

His relaxed, straightforward reply was priceless.