- capable of being impeached or accused
- (of an offence) making a person liable to impeachment
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
im•peach•a•ble
(im pē′chə bəl),USA pronunciation adj.
im•peach′a•bil′i•ty, n.
- making one subject to impeachment, as misconduct in office.
- liable to be impeached.
- impeach + -able 1495–1505
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impeachable /ɪmˈpiːtʃəbəl/ adj
im•peach /ɪmˈpitʃ/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object]
im•peach•er, n. [countable]
im•peach•ment, n. [uncountable]Was the crime really worthy of impeachment?[countable]The country hasn't had an impeachment in decades.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Governmentto accuse (a public official) of misconduct in office by bringing charges before an appropriate court or place of hearing:The Judiciary Committee would have voted to impeach the president.
- Lawto challenge whether (a person) is telling the truth:to impeach a witness.
im•peach•er, n. [countable]
im•peach•ment, n. [uncountable]Was the crime really worthy of impeachment?[countable]The country hasn't had an impeachment in decades.
im•peach
(im pēch′),USA pronunciation v.t.
n.
im•peach′er, n.
- Governmentto accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
- Law[Chiefly Law.]to challenge the credibility of:to impeach a witness.
- to bring an accusation against.
- to call in question;
cast an imputation upon:to impeach a person's motives. - to call to account.
n.
- [Obs.]impeachment.
- Late Latin impedicāre to fetter, trap, equivalent. to Latin im- im-1 + pedic(a) a fetter (derivative of pēs foot) + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive suffix
- Anglo-French empecher
- Middle English empechen, enpeshen 1350–1400
- 4. question, challenge, impugn.
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