Accusation
[ækjʊ'zeɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ækju'zeʃən]
Definition
(noun.) an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; 'the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving'.
(noun.) a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt.
Inputed by Hubert--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.
(n.) That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge.
Edited by Greg
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Crimination, impeachment, arraignment, indictment, charge.
Inputed by Jules
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Charge, indictment, imputation, impeachment, arraignment
ANT:Acquittal, absolution, vindication, discharge
Typist: Louis
Examples
- Presently, without preface or prelude, she said, almost in the tone of one making an accusation, Meess, in England you were a governess? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Reflect, afterwards when--when you are at leisure, and your conscience will withdraw this accusation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I hope it may not,' said the Secretary in a lower voice, 'be the result of the false accusation which has been retracted. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Shall I tell you on what accusation? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- No doubt I will survive that accusation. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Has it been your misfortune to undergo a long imprisonment, without trial, or even accusation, in your native country, Doctor Manette? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But at least, Mama, you cannot deny the absurdity of the accusation, though you may not think it intentionally ill-natured. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- You asked me has it anything to do--' 'It or the accusation itself,' Bella put in. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Once, upon his preferring such an accusation, I turned upon him--I rose against him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In fact, in her case self-accusation was a chimera. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This dreadful accusation comes upon her like a new torment at his lifeless hand. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But I was not aware it was the way with all of us,' said Bradley, returning to the accusation, a little injured. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Tell us on what grounds you make this accusation,' said Mortimer Lightwood. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I cannot bring myself to acknowledge what the accusation is. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The accusation from which I had fled followed me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I make no counter-accusations. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Religious intolerance and moral accusations are the natural weapons of the envious against the leaders of men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- What if those wild accusations rested on a foundation of truth? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I call thus publicly on the makers and venders of these accusations to produce their evidence. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Do not make false accusations. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- What harm could such accusations, even if he made them publicly, do me here? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The queen's dextrous management was employed to prolong these absences, and gather together accusations. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I ask myself,' said Mr. Gradgrind, musing, 'does the real culprit know of these accusations? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- For, though your accusations were ill-founded, formed on mistaken premises, my behaviour to you at the time had merited the severest reproof. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She would not speak in answer to such accusations. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It could only end, if she held firm, in an exchanging of hard words and bitter accusations on both sides. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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