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PROSECUTIONS Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word prosecutions. (opposite meanings)
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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

Alternatives for DEFENSE

Alternatives for ABSOLUTION

Alternatives for ACQUITTAL

Alternatives for AMNESTY

Alternatives for CLEARANCE

Alternatives for EXONERATION

Alternatives for IMMUNITY

Alternatives for PARDON

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