destituição — meaning in English
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English meaning
- destitution noun The action of deserting or abandoning.
- impeachment noun The formal process of charging a public official with serious misconduct.
Senses
destituição is used for these senses in English:
- destitution The condition of lacking something.
- impeachment (countable, law, chiefly, US) The act of impeaching or charging a public official with misconduct, especially if serious, often with the aim of having the official dismissed from office.
destitution — full definition
- noun The action of deserting or abandoning.
- noun Discharge from office; dismissal.
- noun The condition of lacking something.
- noun An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.
impeachment — full definition
- noun The formal process of charging a public official with serious misconduct.
- noun A challenge to the credibility of a witness or testimony in court.