Antonyms for impeachment

Grammar : Noun

Spell : im-peech-muh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpitʃ mənt

Definition of impeachment

Origin : late 14c., enpechement "accusation, charge," from Old French empechement, from empeechier (see impeach). As a judicial proceeding against a public official, from 1640s.

As in indictment : noun accusation
As in lawsuit : noun case brought to court
As in arraignment : noun accusation
As in trial : noun legal proceeding
As in blame : noun condemnation
As in accusation : noun charge of wrongdoing, fault
As in true bill : noun grand jury indictment
As in incrimination : noun accusation
As in reprehension : noun blame
As in reprobation : noun blame
As in deposition : noun dethroning, ousting

Example sentences :

In the Andrew Johnson impeachment case was it not better that things were as they were?
Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams

That fat fool Albemarle had swallowed my impeachment like a draught of muscadine.
Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini

"Ah, no," she pleaded—she knew how true was the impeachment.
Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini

He admitted the impeachment in the midst of his astonishment with an abruptness equal to her own.
Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

The Commons insisted on carrying his impeachment to the bar of the Lords.
Extract from : « History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8) » by John Richard Green

The foundations of the Impeachment were shown to be too slender.
Extract from : « History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of The United States » by Edmund G. Ross

His essay on the Impeachment of Warren Hastings shows this trait.
Extract from : « Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 » by Charles Herbert Sylvester

For one impeachment of the slave system, a thousand defences are made.
Extract from : « No Compromise with Slavery » by William Lloyd Garrison

The Tenure-of-Office Act furnished the pretext for impeachment.
Extract from : « The New Nation » by Frederic L. Paxson

They began to talk of impeachment in 1866, but could find no basis for it.
Extract from : « The New Nation » by Frederic L. Paxson

Synonyms for impeachment

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