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2. Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. Syn. To charge; blame; censure; reproach; criminate; indict; impeach; arraign. To Accuse, Charge, Impeach, Arraign. These words agree in bringing home to a person the imputation of wrongdoing. To accuse is a somewhat formal act, and is applied usually (though not exclusively) to crimes; as, to accuse of treason. Charge is the most generic. It may refer to a crime, a dereliction of duty, a fault, etc.; more commonly it refers to moral delinquencies; as, to charge with dishonesty or falsehood. To arraign is to bring (a person) before a tribunal for trial; as, to arraign one before a court or at the bar public opinion. To impeach is officially to charge with misbehavior in office; as, to impeach a minister of high crimes. Both impeach and arraign convey the idea of peculiar dignity or impressiveness. Accused Commonly used substantively; as, the accused, one charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case. Accusement Accuser Accusingly Accustom I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. Syn. To habituate; inure; exercise; train. We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries. Accustom Accustomable Accustomably Accustomance Accustomarily Accustomary |
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