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destitución — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • impeachment noun The formal process of charging a public official with serious misconduct.
  • ouster noun A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
  • removal noun The act of taking something away or getting rid of it.

Senses

destitución is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.
  • ouster (now, _, chiefly, _, US) The forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; a coup; an ousting.
  • removal (Ireland) An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from a funeral home, to the church where the funeral mass will be celebrated the following day. Prayers are said before and after the journey, after which mourners are typically received at the home of the deceased.

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.

ouster — full definition

  1. noun A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
  2. noun Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
  3. noun The forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; a coup; an ousting.

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