Definitions for impeachment
ɪmˈpitʃ məntim·peach·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. impeachmentnoun

   a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. impeachmentnoun

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

2. impeachmentnoun

   the state of being impeached

3. impeachmentnoun

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Impeachmentnoun

   Etymology: from impeach.

   1. Hindrance; let; impediment; obstruction. Not in use.

   Tell us what things, during your late continuance there, are most offensive, and the greatest impeachment to the good government thereof. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   Turn thee back,
   And tell thy king I do not seek him now;
   But could be willing to march on to Calais,
   Without impeachment. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   Neither is this accession of necessity any impeachment to Christian liberty, or ensnaring of mens consciences. Robert Sanderson.

   2. Publick accusation; charge preferred.

   The king, provok'd to it by the queen,
   Devis'd impeachments to imprison him. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   The lord Somers, though his accusers would gladly have dropped their impeachment, was instant with them for the prosecution. Addison.

   The consequences of Coriolanus's impeachment had like to have been fatal to their state. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Impeachment

   Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct. It may be understood as a unique process involving both political and legal elements.In Europe and Latin America, impeachment tends to be confined to ministerial officials as the unique nature of their positions may place ministers beyond the reach of the law to prosecute, or their misconduct is not codified into law as an offense except through the unique expectations of their high office. Both "peers and commoners" have been subject to the process, however. From 1990 to 2020, there have been at least 272 impeachment charges against 132 different heads of state in 63 countries. Most democracies (with the notable exception of the United States) involve the courts (often a national constitutional court) in some way.In Latin America, which includes almost 40% of the world's presidential systems, ten presidents from six countries were removed from office by their national legislatures via impeachments or declarations of incapacity between 1978 and 2019.National legislations differ regarding both the consequences and definition of impeachment, but the intent is nearly always to expeditiously vacate the office. In most nations the process begins in the lower house of a bicameral assembly who bring charges of misconduct, then the upper house administers an impeachment trial and sentencing. Most commonly, an official is considered impeached after the house votes to accept the charges, and impeachment itself does not remove the official from office.Because impeachment involves a departure from the normal constitutional procedures by which individuals achieve high office (election, ratification, or appointment) and because it generally requires a supermajority, they are usually reserved for those deemed to have committed serious abuses of their office. In the United States, for example, impeachment at the federal level is limited to those who may have committed "Treason, Bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors"—the latter phrase referring to offenses against the government or the constitution, grave abuses of power, violations of the public trust, or other political crimes, even if not indictable criminal offenses. Under the United States Constitution, the House of Representatives has the sole power of impeachments while the Senate has the sole power to try impeachments (i.e., to acquit or convict); the validity of an impeachment trial is a political question that is nonjusticiable (i.e.., is not reviewable by the courts). In the United States, impeachment is a remedial rather than penal process,: 8  intended to "effectively 'maintain constitutional government' by removing individuals unfit for office";: 8  persons subject to impeachment and removal remain "liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law."Impeachment is provided for in the constitutional laws of many countries including Brazil, France, India, Ireland, the Philippines, Russia, South Korea, and the United States. It is distinct from the motion of no confidence procedure available in some countries whereby a motion of censure can be used to remove a government and its ministers from office. Such a procedure is not applicable in countries with presidential forms of government like the United States.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Impeachmentnoun

   the act of impeaching, or the state of being impeached

2. Impeachmentnoun

   hindrance; impediment; obstruction

3. Impeachmentnoun

   a calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration

4. Impeachmentnoun

   a calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives

5. Etymology: [Cf. F. empchement.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Impeachment

   Impeachment is a formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity, the outcome of which, depending on the country, may include the removal of that official from office as well as criminal or civil punishment.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of impeachment in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of impeachment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of impeachment in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   I am President Donald Trump and I want to look at what the articles of impeachment are. I want to look at all the evidence, but I'm just going to tell you, just as an American this is just not offensive, I think it's grounds for impeachment. So I'm looking forward to the fullness of this coming out.

2. Nancy Pelosi:

   I'm not for impeachment. This is news, impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there's something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don't think we should go down that path, because it divides the country.

3. Omarosa Manigault-Newman:

   Can I just say this, as bad as you all think Trump is, you’d be worried about Pence. Everybody that’s wishing for impeachment might want to reconsider their lives, you would be begging for days of Trump back if Pence became president. He’s extreme. I’m Christian, I love Jesus. But he thinks Jesus tells him to say things, and I’m like, ‘Jesus didn’t say that.’ Scary.

4. Michael McKinley:

   The timing of my resignation was the result of two overriding concerns : the failure in my view, of the State Department to offer support to Foreign Service employees caught up in the impeachment inquiry ; and, second, by what appears to be the utilization of our ambassadors overseas to advance domestic political objectives, to see the emerging information on the engagement of our missions to procure negative political information for domestic purposes, combined with the failure I saw in the building to provide support for our professional cadre in a particularly trying time, I think the combination was a pretty good reason to decide enough, that I had no longer a useful role to play.

5. Jeff Zucker:

   Were moving towards impeachment, we shouldnt pretend, oh, this is going one way. And so all these moves are moves towards impeachment. So dont, dont lose sight of what the biggest story is.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=impeachment
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Impeachment
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=impeachment
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impeachment
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=impeachment