IMPEACHMENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("impeachment" is a kind of...):

instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

Derivation:

impeach (charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office)

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