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Accusation   /ˌækjəzˈeɪʃən/  /ˌækjuzˈeɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Accusation  n.  
1.
The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense. "We come not by the way of accusation To taint that honor every good tongue blesses."
2.
That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge. "(They) set up over his head his accusation."
Synonyms: Impeachment; crimination; censure; charge.





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"Accusation" Quotes from Famous Books



... sir," his voice was louder and angrier than it should ever have been. "If our regular instructor was giving this exam he'd never make such an accusation. I've led this class in grades all through school. And ...
— Man of Many Minds • E. Everett Evans
... That it was an original production seems probable, as the recent discovery of the celebrated Spalding manuscript, and a critical examination of the evidence of Mrs. Spalding, go far to discredit the popular accusation ...
— The Mormon Prophet • Lily Dougall
... any man to interfere by violence with slaves or Slavery where protected by the supreme law of the land. It repudiated as stale and ridiculous the charge of Abolitionism against them. And declared that such an accusation is without a shadow of truth ...
— The Man in Gray • Thomas Dixon
... the Times proceeded to attribute the strikes to a natural desire for idleness during the hot weather. Seldom has so base an accusation been brought against our country, even by her worst enemies. The country consists almost entirely of working people, the other classes being a nearly negligible fraction in point of numbers. The ...
— Essays in Rebellion • Henry W. Nevinson
... first speaker, 'this is a grave accusation! It is true that the illustrious Monte-Cristo's yacht now lies in the harbor of Stamboul, and such an abduction as this slave has ...
— The Son of Monte Cristo • Jules Lermina


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