Impeachment
WordNet
noun
(1) A formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The act of impeaching a public official, either elected or appointed, before a tribunal charged with determining the facts of the matter
- the state of being impeached
- a demonstration, in a court of law, or before other finder of fact, that a witness was ingenious before and therefore is less likely to tell the truth now