PROSECUTIONS Antonyms
Best Opposite Words For PROSECUTIONS
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defense | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies • the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 • protection from harm • (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring • the justification for some act or belief • (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires • the defendant and his legal advisors collectively • the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions • an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack • a structure used to defend against attack • a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him • the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury | ||||||||
absolution | nounn | |||||||
noun • the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance • the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance | ||||||||
acquittal | nounn | |||||||
noun • a judgment of not guilty | ||||||||
amnesty | nounn | |||||||
noun • a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment • a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense • the formal act of liberating someone verb • grant a pardon to (a group of people) | ||||||||
clearance | nounn | |||||||
noun • the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them • vertical space available to allow easy passage under something • permission to proceed | ||||||||
exoneration | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the condition of being relieved from blame or obligation • the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc. | ||||||||
immunity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of not being susceptible • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease • the quality of being unaffected by something • an act exempting someone | ||||||||
pardon | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of excusing a mistake or offense • a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense • the formal act of liberating someone verb • accept an excuse for • grant a pardon to | ||||||||
release | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film) • the act of liberating someone or something • a process that liberates or discharges something • an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation • the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) • euphemistic expressions for death • a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation • a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism • activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion • the act of allowing a fluid to escape • a formal written statement of relinquishment • (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone verb • release, as from one's grip • grant freedom to; free from confinement • let (something) fall or spill from a container • prepare and issue for public distribution or sale • eliminate (a substance) • generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids • make (information) available for publication • part with a possession or right • release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition • make (assets) available | ||||||||
vindication | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc. • the justification for some act or belief |