Sentence:  The awful diſcretion, which a court of <WSD>impeachments</WSD> muſt neceſſarily have, to doom to honour or to infamy the moſt confidential and the moſt diſtinguiſhed characters of the community, forbids the commitment of the truſt to a ſmall number of perſons. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The act of impeaching or charging a public official with misconduct, especially if serious, often with the aim of having the official dismissed from office.