Definitions for accusation
ˌæk yʊˈzeɪ ʃən; əˈkyu zəlac·cu·sa·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. accusation, accusalnoun

   a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt

2. accusation, chargenoun

   an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

   "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. accusationnoun

   The act of accusing.

2. accusationnoun

   A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.

3. accusationnoun

   An allegation.

4. Etymology: * First attested in the late 14th century.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Accusationnoun

   Etymology: from accuse.

   1. The act of accusing.

   Thus they in mutual accusation spent
   The fruitless hours, but neither self-condemning,
   And of their vain contest appear’d no end. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   2. The charge brought against any one by the accuser.

   You read
   These accusations, and these grievous crimes
   Committed by your person, and your followers. William Shakespeare, Richard II.

   All accusation, in the very nature of the thing, still supposing, and being founded upon some law: for where there is no law, there can be no transgression; and where there can be no transgression, I am sure there ought to be no accusation. South.

   3. In the sense of the courts ——A declaration of some crime preferred before a competent judge, by the intervention of an inscription lawfully made, in order to inflict some judgment on the guilty person. John Ayliffe Parer.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Accusation

   An accusation is a statement by one person asserting that another person or entity has done something improper. The person who makes the accusation is an accuser, while the subject against whom it is made is the accused. Whether a statement is interpreted as an accusation relies on the social environment in which it is made: What counts as an accusation is often unclear, and what kind of response is warranted is even less clear. Even a purely surface semantic analysis of accusatory language cannot be performed in the absence of social context, including who is making the accusation and to whom it is being made—often the subject of supposedly accusatory language might well interpret the utterance in question as something that he need not respond to. An accusation can be made in private or in public, to the accused person alone, or to other people with or without the knowledge of the accused person. An accuser can make an accusation with or without evidence; the accusation can be entirely speculative, and can even be a false accusation, made out of malice, for the purpose of harming the reputation of the accused.

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1. accusation

   An accusation is a claim or assertion that someone has done something wrong or illegal, typically one made without concrete proof. It is often an implication of guilt or blame towards an individual.

2. accusation

   An accusation is a claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically made without concrete proof or evidence. It usually implies an intention to blame or charge someone with a misconduct or crime.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Accusationnoun

   the act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense

2. Accusationnoun

   that of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge

Matched Categories

1. • Assertion
   • Charge

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'accusation' in Nouns Frequency: #2769

Anagrams for accusation »

1. anacoustic

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of accusation in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of accusation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of accusation in a Sentence

1. Fethullah Gulen:

   If there is anything I told anyone about this verbally, if there is any phone conversation, if one-tenth of this accusation is correct ... I would bend my neck and would say, 'They are telling the truth. Let them take me away. Let them hang me,'.

2. Lawyer Kenneth G. Turkel:

   In 2017, when New York Times resurrected a horrific false accusation that had been recognized as false almost uniformly and that, in its simplest form, accused Governor Palin of inciting a murder of six people, a federal judge, a 9-year-old girl, at a time when she had a 9-year-old girl, it became time to draw a line.

3. Luc Dardenne:

   The film isn't a courtroom, the film is not an act of accusation. Our mission from the beginning was to see how this young Ahmed could - or couldn't - be brought back towards life.

4. Sheri Pewitt:

   The #MeToo movement is long overdue, it is a sensitive matter that evokes strong emotions; it should and it must evoke those emotions. Even so, an accusation does not equal guilt and we must not lose sight of due process along the way. Our democracy and the foundation for a functioning justice system depend upon it.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   It’s a very personally painful accusation, having it continued to be bandied around is deeply distressing to me. I would imagine that I’ve thought more about what happened than all of you put together.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=accusation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Accusation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=accusation
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusation
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accusation