Antonyms for bail
beɪlbail

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1. bail

   The first four words agree in denoting something given or deposited as an assurance of something to be given, paid, or done. An earnest is of the same kind as that to be given, a portion of it delivered in advance, as when part of the purchase-money is paid, according to the common expression, "to bind the bargain." A pledge or security may be wholly different in kind from that to be given or paid, and may greatly exceed it in value. Security may be of real or personal property — anything of sufficient value to make the creditor secure; a pledge is always of personal property or chattels. Every pawnshop contains unredeemed pledges; land, merchandise, bonds, etc., are frequently offered and accepted as security. A person may become security or surety for another's payment of a debt, appearance in court, etc.; in the latter case, he is said to become bail for that person; the person accused gives bail for himself. Gage survives only as a literary word, chiefly in certain phrases; as, "the gage of battle."

   Synonyms:
   earnest, gage, pledge, security, surety

   Preposition:
   Security for the payment of a debt; security to the state, for the prisoner, in the sum of a thousand dollars.

Matched Categories

1. • Deliver
   • Empty
   • Guarantee
   • Release
   • Remove

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bail, bail bond, bondnoun

   (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial

   "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman"

   Synonyms:
   bond certificate, bond paper, adherence, bail bond, chemical bond, shackle, adhesiveness, hamper, alliance, adhesion, trammel, bond, attachment

2. bailverb

   the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)

   "he is out on bail"

   Synonyms:
   bail bond, bond

3. bailverb

   release after a security has been paid

4. bailverb

   deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period

5. bailverb

   secure the release of (someone) by providing security

6. bailverb

   empty (a vessel) by bailing

7. bailverb

   remove (water) from a vessel with a container

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1. bailnoun

   Synonyms:
   security, surety, vadium

How to use bail in a sentence?

1. Bruce Blakeman:

   We want to keep track of everybody who was released because of cashless bail and rearrested because we want to make sure that the public knows what the cashless bail law has done to public safety in the state, quite frankly, almost every law enforcement professional concurs that it has been a cause of an uptick in crime throughout the state.

2. Jessica Vaughan:

   The local detectives asked ICE five times for a detainer on Eswin Mejia, but ICE said that he was not a priority for enforcement because he had not been convicted of a serious crime, he was released on bail and disappeared, and is now on ICE’s most wanted list. It was a major scandal for ICE.

3. Stephen Breyer:

   The bail questions before us are technical but at heart they are simple, we need only recall the words of the Declaration of Independence, in particular its insistence that all men and women have ‘certain unalienable rights,’ and that among them is the right to liberty.

4. Shawn Nelson:

   It gives our sheriffs a seat at the table, we couldn’t even tell (federal agents) that, ‘Hey, this guy just posted bail.

5. Senator Johnson:

   I can not support someone for a lifetime appointment that has granted low bail for someone charged with violent felonies.

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