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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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