witnesses
Those who saw
Witnesses is the plural of witness—people who observe events or give testimony.
In legal contexts, witnesses appear in court to provide evidence: The prosecution called three witnesses.
Witnesses also attend ceremonies to verify their occurrence: We need two witnesses for the marriage license.
The verb witnesses means observes or attests to: She witnesses the signing of contracts daily.
Bound by formal promise
- oathFormal binding promise
- affidavitSworn written statement
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
perjury · corroborate · evidence · statement · stand · summon · credibility · hearsay
One who observes nearby
- onlookerPerson who observes
- spectatorObserver at an event
- viewerOne who observes visually
- watcherOne who observes
beholder · passerby · firsthand · sighting · account · recall · identification · recognition
Hebrew name for God
- faithTrust without proof
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
evangelize · proclaim · devotion · believer · scripture · apostle · martyr · conversion
sworn
Bound by formal promise
cross-examination · perjury · corroborate · evidence · statement · stand · summon · credibility · hearsay · impeach
bystander
One who observes nearby
watcher · beholder · passerby · firsthand · sighting · account · recall · identification · recognition · perception
Jehovah
Hebrew name for God
missionary · evangelize · proclaim · devotion · believer · scripture · apostle · martyr · conversion · ministry
attendees
People at an event
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- crowdLarge public gathering
assembly · congregation · participants · ceremony · wedding · signing · spectacle · occasion · public · onlookers
- criminal investigationsinvestigations, crime scene, crime scenes, crime scene investigation, crime scene analysis
- legal systemattorney, landmark cases, criminal cases, lawyers, legal precedents
- Crime Reportingtip lines, tips, hotline, 911, crime stoppers
- Inaugurationoath of office, inaugural address, swearing-in, swearing in, presidential oath
- Legal TVtrials, verdicts, evidence, cross-examination, objections
- sleuthingclues, detective work, evidence gathering, fingerprints, footprints
witnessesdefendants
Those facing prosecution
perpetrators · suspects · criminals · offenders · plaintiffs
witnessesdeniers
Those who reject claims
refuters · perjurers · liars · disputants · doubters
witnessesparticipants
Those actively involved
perpetrators · actors · doers · agents · absentees
- witness intimidationThreatening courtroom testifiers
- bear witnessGive evidence formally
- witness standPlace for giving testimony
- witness protectionHiding those who testified
- bearing witnessObserving and later attesting
- eye witnessPerson who saw something
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