Impeachment Definition

noun
An attack on the credibility of a witness for reasons relating to prior inconsistent testimony or evidence of lying.
Webster's New World Law
An administrative procedure, defined in the United States Constitution, under which the president or another government official is brought up on charges and tried by the Congress, and, if convicted, is removed from office.
Webster's New World Law

The act of impeaching a public official, either elected or appointed, before a tribunal charged with determining the facts of the matter.

Wiktionary

The state of being impeached.

Wiktionary

A demonstration in a court of law, or before another finder of fact, that a witness was ingenuine before, and therefore, is less likely to tell the truth now.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Impeachment

Noun

Singular:
impeachment
Plural:
impeachments

Origin of Impeachment

  • From Old French empechement. See impeach +"Ž -ment.

    From Wiktionary

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to impeachment using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

Words Ending With

Unscrambles

impeachment