Imputation
[,ɪmpjuː'teɪʃən] or [,ɪmpjʊ'teʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the attribution to a source or cause; 'the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously'.
(noun.) a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); 'he denied the imputation'.
Typed by Juan--From WordNet
Definition
(-) The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription; also, anything imputed or charged.
(-) Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
(-) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ.
(-) Opinion; intimation; hint.
Typist: Weldon
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Imputing, attributing.[2]. Charge, accusation, censure, reproach, blame.
Typist: Marion
Examples
- I could not rest under the imputation that I visited Florence and did not traverse its weary miles of picture galleries. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I throw back the imputation with scorn. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If you mean that a girl who has no one to think for her is obliged to think for herself, I am quite willing to accept the imputation. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Not,' said Mrs. Sparsit, with a lofty sense of giving strict evidence, 'that I would convey any imputation on his moral character. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I had too much self-respect to defend myself under so gross an imputation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mrs Veneering equally resents the imputation of being the wife of Twemlow. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mindful of the wondering dinner, Twemlow, with a little twinge, admits the imputation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You're a pretty article,' growled the whelp, moving uneasily in his dark corner, 'to come here with these precious imputations! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Presently he finds that imputations are cast upon them; a troublesome querist comes and asks, 'What is the just and good? Plato. The Republic.
Checker: Wilmer