Crossword-Solution: GRAVAMEN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Gravamen | a. | The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of the action; also, in general, the ground or essence of a complaint. Bouvier. |
We have 17 clues for the answer “GRAVAMEN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| worst part of accusation | 1 answer |
| that part of an accusation weighing most heavily against an accused | 1 answer |
| Essential part of a complaint, in law. | 1 answer |
| Basis of a grievance | 1 answer |
| Grounds for legal action | 2 answers |
| case to answer | 8 answers |
| inculpation | 10 answers |
| AFFORDING GROUNDS FOR LEGAL ACTION | 10 answers |
| true bill | 12 answers |
| items in the indictment | 12 answers |
| plaint | 15 answers |
| arraignment | 25 answers |
| impeachment | 26 answers |
| Allegation | 29 answers |
| Gripe | 35 answers |
| accusation | 52 answers |
| Indictment | 60 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
EMCEZA
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with GRAVAMEN (5)
That alleged offense was repeated in varied but more or less specific forms, in every succeeding Article of the Impeachment except the Tenth, and constituted the sum and substance--the gravamen--of the entire indictment.
Stone's frail form, bent somewhat to one side by the increased gravamen of the osier bag, was now seen moving homewards.
The gravamen of the heresy seems to have been the suggestion that there were men not of the progeny of Adam.
The gravamen of their complaint lay in the fact that I reintroduced the same characters so often! "Here," said one, "is that archdeacon whom we have had in every novel he has ever written." "And here," said the other, "is the old duke whom he has talked about till everybody is tired of him.
All honor to the English Government for proposing it! The famous telegram put forward by France as the _gravamen_, or chief offence, was not communicated to the Chamber.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1956–2008).