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Synonyms of bench
- appealed to the bench for leniency
Synonyms for bench
- adjudicator,
- beak
- [chiefly British],
- court,
- judge,
- jurist,
- justice,
- magistrate
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- a ruling from the bench is expected any day now
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“Bench.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bench. Accessed 21 January 2020.
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The first known use of bench was before the 12th century
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