Antonyms for incrimination


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-krim-uh-neyt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈkrɪm əˌneɪt


Definition of incrimination

Origin :
  • 1650s, noun of action from Medieval Latin incriminare (see incriminate).
  • noun accusation
Example sentences :
  • Of the remaining thirty-four there were nine whose testimony was directed to the incrimination of Mrs. Surratt.
  • Extract from : « The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt » by David Miller DeWitt
  • He knew how the little green-eyed nurse was gloating over this second incrimination of Leerie.
  • Extract from : « Leerie » by Ruth Sawyer
  • He felt like a prisoner on the witness stand driven to save himself by incrimination of another.
  • Extract from : « The Californians » by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
  • The story had lost nothing in the way of incrimination of Colonel Eldridge, and complete exculpation of himself.
  • Extract from : « The Hall and the Grange » by Archibald Marshall
  • And only those points of evidence were sustained which conduced to the incrimination of the miserable defendant.
  • Extract from : « Carmen Ariza » by Charles Francis Stocking

Synonyms for incrimination

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