Synonyms for impeachment
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Discrediting — the act of calling into question or challenging the accuracy or propriety of something. A demonstration in a…
2. Deprecation — the act of calling into question or challenging the accuracy or propriety of something
3. Indictment
indictment, censure, accusation, allegation, charge, charre UK, arraignment, assertion, blame, imputation
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of calling into question or challenging the accuracy or propriety of something.
- n. 2
The act of calling into question or challenging the accuracy or propriety of something. A demonstration in a court of law, or before another finder of fact, that a witness was ingenuine before, and is therefore less likely to tell the truth now.
- n. 3
The act of calling into question or challenging the accuracy or propriety of something. An accusation that a person has committed a crime against the state, such as treason.
Related words
- Word family
- impeach impeachability
Forms
- Plural
- impeachments → discreditings, reproaches, disparagements, deprecations…
Example sentences
- indictment It is unlikely that this indictment will lead to his deportation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| impeachment | steady | |
| discrediting | steady | |
| disparagement | steady | |
| indictment | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- blame1
- 6 letters
- charge1, charre
- 7 letters
- censure2
- 8 letters
- reproach2
- 9 letters
- assertion3
- 10 letters
- indictment3, accusation4, allegation4, imputation4
- 11 letters
- arraignment3, deprecation
- 12 letters
- depreciation5, discrediting4
- 13 letters
- disparagement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (censure2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- destitution
- Italiano
- destituzione
- Deutsch
- Absetzung