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Definition of Accusation
1. Noun. A formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt.
Generic synonyms: Charge, Complaint
Specialized synonyms: Self-accusation, Self-condemnation, Recrimination, Allegation, Blame Game, Imprecation, Imputation, Indictment, Information, Preferment, Blame, Incrimination, Inculpation, Implication
Derivative terms: Accuse, Accuse, Accusatorial, Accuse
2. Noun. An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence. "The newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"
Generic synonyms: Assertion, Asseveration, Averment
Specialized synonyms: Countercharge
Derivative terms: Accusatorial, Accuse, Charge, Charge
Definition of Accusation
1. n. The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.
Definition of Accusation
1. Noun. The act of accusing. ¹
2. Noun. (context: legal) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law. ¹
3. Noun. An allegation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Accusation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accusation
Literary usage of Accusation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Criminal Law of England by James Fitzjames Stephen (1883)
"THE subject of the present chapter is the history of the — methods of accusation
and trial which have prevailed in England. These are private and public ..."
2. The count of Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1846)
"THE DEEB OF accusation. THE judges took their places in the midst of the most
... The president called for the deed of accusation, corrected, as we know, ..."
3. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1907)
"On May 11, 1657, the fiscal at last presented an informal accusation for the
purpose of summoning the kindred to defend the case; on October 22, 1659, ..."
4. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"Cases of Self-accusation. § 350. Some Cases Prove to be Psychoses. PATHOLOGICAL
LYING AND accusation. § 344. Definition: — Pathological lying is ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The accusation of bishops will be a difficult thing, their defence an easy matter.
... The accusation must be made not in writing, but by word of mouth. ..."
6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"Cromwell, a staunch friend of Wyatt, ignored the accusation, and on 27 Nov.
1638 wrote to him in terms of confidence. Wyatt was recalled to England in April ..."
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