Synonyms for impeachment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : im-peech-muh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpitʃ mənt |
Top 10 synonyms for impeachment Other synonyms for the word impeachment
- animadversion
- assumpsit
- attack
- attribution
- beef
- bill of indictment
- blame
- blast
- bum rap
- castigation
- cause
- censure
- chiding
- complaint
- condemnation
- contest
- counterclaim
- court action
- court martial
- criticism
- cross-examination
- degradation
- denouncement
- denunciation
- depreciation
- detention
- diatribe
- dido
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- discharge
- disfavor
- dismissal
- disparagement
- displacement
- dispute
- ejection
- exposé
- expostulation
- exprobation
- findings
- gripe
- habeas corpus
- hearing
- impeachment
- implication
- imputation
- incrimination
- inculpation
- indictment
- insinuation
- invective
- justifiable charge
- lawsuit
- litigation
- objurgation
- obloquy
- opposition
- overthrow
- presentment
- proceedings
- prosecution
- rap
- rebuke
- recrimination
- remonstrance
- removal
- replevin
- reprehension
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprobation
- reproof
- repudiation
- roar
- rumble
- seizure
- slur
- squawk
- statement
- stink
- suit
- summons
- tirade
- trial
- tribunal
- unfrocking
- warrant
- writ
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for impeachment
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