Antonyms for arraign

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-reyn

Phonetic Transcription : əˈreɪn

Definition of arraign

Origin : late 14c., araynen, "to call to account," from Old French araisnier "speak to, address; accuse (in a law court)," from Vulgar Latin *arrationare, from Latin adrationare, from ad- "to" (see ad-) + *rationare, from ratio "argumentation, reckoning, calculation" (see ratio). Sense of "to call up on a criminal charge" is c.1400. The excrescent -g- is a 16c. overcorrection based on reign, etc. Related: Arraigned; arraigning.

verb accuse

Example sentences :

It was for this that I arraigned my colleague, and that I intend to arraign him.
Extract from : « The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes » by James Quay Howard

He could not chide her for it, nor arraign her with one bitter thought.
Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden

I have met no one that can see his own faults and arraign himself within.
Extract from : « The Sayings Of Confucius » by Confucius

Let us arraign her before our sacred tribunal, and have her into court.
Extract from : « A Simpleton » by Charles Reade

And I,—who would dare to suspect, to arraign, the Prince di—?
Extract from : « Zicci, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

She denied that they had any right to arraign or to try her.
Extract from : « Mary Queen of Scots, Makers of History » by Jacob Abbott

If I were to arraign you at all, it would be on the score of heartlessness.
Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill

It was dangerous, but my purpose is not to arraign Ministers.
Extract from : « Sonia Between two Worlds » by Stephen McKenna

We decline to arraign our Creator for a deed which we have not even the means of knowing that He has done.
Extract from : « Lux Mundi » by Various

It is ignorant, as well as sinful, to arraign his providence.
Extract from : « Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph » by Frances Sheridan

Synonyms for arraign

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