An indictment endorsed by a grand jury.
Roget 937:
vindication,
justification,
warrant;
exoneration,
exculpation;
acquittal
etc.
970;
whitewashing.
extenuation;
palliation,
palliative;
softening,
mitigation.
reply,
defense;
recrimination
etc.
938.
apology,
gloss,
varnish;
plea
etc.
617;
salvo;
excuse,
extenuating circumstances;
allowance,
allowance to be made;
locus paenitentiae [Lat.].
apologist,
vindicator,
justifier;
defendant
etc.
938.
justifiable charge,
true bill.
v..
justify,
warrant;
be an excuse for
etc.
n.;
lend a color,
furnish a handle;
vindicate;
exculpate,
disculpate†;
acquit
etc.
970;
clear,
set right,
exonerate,
whitewash;
clear the skirts of.
extenuate,
palliate,
excuse,
soften,
apologize,
varnish,
slur,
gloze;
put a gloss,
put a good face upon;
mince;
gloss over,
bolster up,
help a lame dog over a stile.
advocate,
defend,
plead one's cause;
stand up for,
stick up for,
speak up for;
contend for,
speak for;
bear out,
keep in countenance,
support;
plead
&c.,
617;
say in defense;
plead ignorance;
confess and avoid,
propugn†,
put in a good word for.
take the will for the deed,
make allowance for,
give credit for,
do justice to;
give one his due,
give the Devil his due.
make good;
prove the truth of,
prove one's case;
be justified by the event.
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Roget 938:
accusation,
charge,
imputation,
slur,
inculpation,
exprobration†,
delation;
crimination;
incrimination,
accrimination†,
recrimination;
tu quoque argument [Lat.];
invective
etc.
932.
denunciation,
denouncement;
libel,
challenge,
citation,
arraignment;
impeachment,
appeachment†;
indictment,
bill of indictment,
true bill;
lawsuit
etc.
969;
condemnation
etc.
971.
gravamen of a charge,
head and front of one's offending,
argumentum ad hominem [Lat.];
scandal
etc.
(detraction)
934;
scandalum magnatum [Lat.].
accuser,
prosecutor,
plaintiff;
relator,
informer;
appellant.
accused,
defendant,
prisoner,
perpetrator,
panel,
respondent;
litigant.
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Roget 969:
lawsuit,
suit,
action,
cause;
litigation;
suit in law;
dispute
etc.
713.
citation,
arraignment,
prosecution,
impeachment;
accusation
etc.
938;
presentment,
true bill,
indictment.
apprehension,
arrest;
committal;
imprisonment
etc.
(restraint)
751.
writ,
summons,
subpoena,
latitat†,
nisi prius [Lat.];
venire,
venire facias pleadings [Lat.];
declaration,
bill,
claim;
proces verbal [Fr.];
bill of right,
information,
corpus delicti;
affidavit,
state of facts;
answer,
reply,
replication,
plea,
demurrer,
rebutter,
rejoinder;
surrebutter†,
surrejoinder†.
suitor,
party to a suit;
plaintiff,
defendant,
litigant
etc.
938.
hearing,
trial;
verdict
etc.
(judgment)
480;
appeal,
appeal motion;
writ of error;
certiorari [Lat.].
case;
decision,
precedent;
decided case,
reports
(legal reference works, see reference books)..
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