Antonyms for impeachable
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : im-pee-chuh-buh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpi tʃə bəl |
Definition of impeachable
Origin :- c.1500, from impeach + -able. Related: impeachably; impeachability.
- As in culpable : adj responsible for action
- The same act committed with a criminal motive would be impeachable, which without it would be of a nature not to admit of it.
- Extract from : « Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16) » by Thomas Hart Benton
- If that act were repealed, he said, the election of every officer of a corporation would be impeachable.
- Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. » by E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
- Let him doubt, if he can, of the impeachable nature of the offence which was charged upon the President.
- Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton
- Subversive of the rights of defence, which belong to an accused and impeachable officer.
- Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton
- The managers of the impeachment were far from consistent in their conception of the nature of impeachable offenses.
- Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
- The President of the United States is impeachable at any time during his continuance in office.
- Extract from : « The Federalist Papers » by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
- Treason and bribery, specifically named in the Constitution as impeachable offenses, were also indictable.
- Extract from : « The Life of John Marshall Volume 3 of 4 » by Albert J. Beveridge
- And in Delaware and Virginia he is not impeachable till out of office.
- Extract from : « The Federalist Papers » by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
Synonyms for impeachable
- amiss
- answerable
- at fault
- blamable
- blameful
- blameworthy
- caught
- caught in the act
- caught red-handed
- censurable
- demeritorious
- dirty
- found wanting
- guilty
- hung up
- impeachable
- in the wrong
- indictable
- liable
- off base
- out of line
- punishable
- reprehensible
- responsible
- sinful
- smoking gun
- to blame
- unholy
- wrong
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