What are some opposite words for prosecute?

Antonyms for prosecute
ˈprɒs ɪˌkyutpros·e·cute

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. prosecute

    Arraign is an official word; a person accused of crime is arraigned when he is formally called into court, the indictment read to him, and the demand made of him to plead guilty or not guilty; in more extended use, to arraign is to call in question for fault in any formal, public, or official way. One may charge another with any fault, great or trifling, privately or publicly, formally or informally. Accuse is stronger than charge, suggesting more of the formal and criminal; a person may charge a friend with unkindness or neglect; he may accuse a tramp of stealing. Censure carries the idea of fault, but not of crime; it may be private and individual, or public and official. A judge, a president, or other officer of high rank may be impeached before the appropriate tribunal for high crimes; the veracity of a witness may be impeached by damaging evidence. A person of the highest character may be summoned as defendant in a civil suit; or he may be cited to answer as administrator, etc. Indict and arraign apply strictly to criminal proceedings, and only an alleged criminal is indicted or arraigned. One is indicted by the grand jury, and arraigned before the appropriate court.

    Antonyms:
    acquit, condone, discharge, excuse, exonerate, forgive, overlook, pardon, pardon, release, set free

    Synonyms:
    accuse, arraign, censure, charge, cite, impeach, indict, summon

    Preposition:
    Arraign at the bar, before the tribunal, of or for a crime; on or upon an indictment.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. prosecute

    Antonyms:
    drop, discontinue, abandon, misconduct, misinvestigate, missoperate, exonerate, acquit

    Synonyms:
    follow, pursue, investigate, conduct, summon, arraign, persevere, carry on, persist, sue

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. prosecuteverb

    conduct a prosecution in a court of law

    Antonyms:
    defend, represent

    Synonyms:
    engage, pursue

  2. prosecuteverb

    bring a criminal action against (in a trial)

    "The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson"

    Antonyms:
    represent, defend

    Synonyms:
    engage, pursue

  3. prosecute, engage, pursueverb

    carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

    "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"

    Antonyms:
    defend, represent

    Synonyms:
    rent, quest for, act on, occupy, follow up on, engross, charter, mesh, operate, employ, absorb, engage, go after, follow, affiance, hire, betroth, lock, take, wage, pursue, lease, quest after, plight, enlist

How to use prosecute in a sentence?

  1. Betsy Brantner-Smith:

    Let me just say that New York City has the third-strictest gun laws in the United States. Let's use those gun laws to prosecute, anyone who uses a firearm in the commission of a violent felony, whether it's threatening someone during an armed robbery, during a carjacking, what you know during a domestic dispute, they need to be charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. And while that process is playing out from their arrest to their trial to their conviction, they need to be incarcerated. We encourage the mayor to speak honestly with people about that and encourage bipartisan support for all of that.

  2. Angela Merkel:

    We will prosecute anti-Semitic crimes by all legal means, and attacks on mosques will be prosecuted rigorously, because we won't be divided by those using Islamist terrorism to cast suspicion on all Muslims in Germany.

  3. District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett:

    We are aware that there are possible additional fires here in Shasta County that she may be linked to as well as other charges in other fires, statewide, my office will not hesitate to prosecute( any) person who either intentionally or recklessly starts a fire.

  4. Deputy District Attorney Douglas Poston:

    If you kill a Joshua Trees and if the evidence is there we will prosecute. It's a crime. You don't have to like the law, but it's the law and we take it very seriously.

  5. Elise Stefanik:

    I look forward to holding Democrats accountable for their failure to prosecute crimes and instead engage in illegal political witch-hunts against their political opponents.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#625release
#2158drop
#2976represent
#5685discharge
#7739defend
#8557excuse
#12860forgive
#14530abandon
#15297misconduct
#17724pardon
#20010overlook
#22808discontinue
#24818prosecute
#39252condone
#95762acquit
#113449exonerate

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