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prosecution

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of prosecution

the doing of an action
  • oversaw the prosecution of the president's foreign policy
Synonyms of prosecution

accomplishment, achievement, commission, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, performance, perpetration, pursuance
Words Related to prosecution

dispatch, expedition

administration, direction, handling, management

application, operation, practice (also practise)
Antonyms of prosecution

nonfulfillment, nonperformance

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