Definition

Adjective: "unperjured" describes a person or testimony that has not committed perjury; that is, not having deliberately given false evidence under oath in a court of law. It signifies honesty and truthfulness in a legal context.

Usage Examples

• (The witness did not lie under oath.)
• (His testimony was honest and free of falsehood.)
• (The defendant did not commit perjury.)

Advanced Usage

• "to remain unperjured": to continue to be truthful under oath.

  • Despite intense pressure from the prosecutor, the accused remained unperjured. (The accused did not lie despite stress.)

• "to deem unperjured": to officially consider someone's testimony as free of perjury.

  • The court deemed the affidavit unperjured after reviewing the evidence. (The court decided the affidavit contained no lies.)

Variants and Related Words

• Unperjuredness (n): the quality or state of being unperjured.

  • The witness's unperjuredness was praised by the jury. (His honesty under oath was admired.)

• Perjured (adj): guilty of or involving perjury; having lied under oath.

  • The perjured testimony led to a mistrial. (The false testimony caused a new trial.)

Synonyms

• Truthful: habitually telling the truth; honest.
• Honest: free of deceit; truthful.
• Veracious: speaking or representing the truth; accurate.

Related Idioms

• Under oath: legally bound to tell the truth, as in a court.

  • The witness's statements under oath were unperjured. (The statements made while legally bound to be truthful were honest.)

• Clean hands: innocence or lack of guilt, often in legal matters.

  • The attorney argued that his client had clean hands and was unperjured. (The client was innocent and had not lied under oath.)