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arraign v.
condemn v.

VERB

arraign

Synonyms

STRONG

charge criminate indict summon

Antonyms

STRONG

exculpate exonerate

WEAK

discharge free let go

VERB

condemn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

castigate censure chide criticize decry denounce punish sentence

STRONG

adjudge belittle damn deprecate depreciate disapprove disparage doom frame judge knock name pronounce proscribe reprehend reproach reprobate reprove skin upbraid

WEAK

blow whistle on call down come down on denunciate find fault with find guilty hang something on lay at one's door let have it pass sentence on point finger at put away put down send up send up the river thumbs down on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

approve compliment laud praise

STRONG

build up commend endorse exalt sanction

WEAK

absolve acquit clear discharge exonerate free pardon release set free

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pin it on

Best practice, he has advised members’ children, is to pin it on their parents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

“I just don’t want to pin it on those guys down there. But we’re trying to find somebody that’s gonna spark us.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024

Well, it would be a brave person who tried to pin it on him.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2022

But I had nothing to pin it on.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2021

“Of course,” Sirius muttered, pacing up and down, “of course, he’d want to pin it on anyone but his own elf . . . and then he sacked her?”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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