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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

  1. noun The action of deserting or abandoning.
  2. noun Discharge from office; dismissal.
  3. noun The condition of lacking something.
  4. noun An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.

impeachment — full definition

  1. noun The formal process of charging a public official with serious misconduct.
  2. noun A challenge to the credibility of a witness or testimony in court.

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