"empeachment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: empeachments [plural]
Etymology: From empeach + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|empeach|ment}} empeach + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} empeachment (countable and uncountable, plural empeachments)
  1. Obsolete spelling of impeachment. Tags: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Alternative form of: impeachment

Inflected forms

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