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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

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