accusation
English
editAlternative forms
edit- (obsolete) accusasiowne (15th century)
- (obsolete) accusacion (15th century)
Etymology
editFirst attested in the late 14th century. From Middle English accusacion, borrowed from Old French acusacion (French accusation), from Latin accūsātiō (“accusation, indictment”), from accūsō (“blame, accuse”). Doublet of accusatio. More at accuse. Equivalent to accuse + -ation
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaccusation (countable and uncountable, plural accusations)
- The act of accusing.
- 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- We come not by the way of accusation / To taint that honour every good tongue blesses.
- (law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 27:37:
- [They] set up over his head his accusation.
- An allegation.
- ungrounded accusations
- a blind accusation
- repeated accusations
- an accusation of a crime
Synonyms
edit- allegation
- assertion
- censure
- charge
- crimination
- detection (obsolete)
- impeachment
Derived terms
editTranslations
editact of accusing or charging with a crime
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that of which one is accused
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declaration of fault or blame against another
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Further reading
edit- “accusation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- accusation in Britannica Dictionary
- accusation in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary
- accusation in Sentence collocations by Cambridge Dictionary
- accusation in Ozdic collocation dictionary
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin accūsātiōnem.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaccusation f (plural accusations)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “accusation” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
Further reading
edit- “accusation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
editNoun
editaccusation (plural accusationes)
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