accusation

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) accusasiowne (15th century)
• (obsolete) accusacion (15th century)

Etymology

First attested in the late 14th century. From Old French acusacion (French accusation), from Latin accūsātiō (“accusation, indictment”), from accūsō (“blame, accuse”). More at accuse.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌæk.jʊ.ˈzeɪ.ʃən/, X-SAMPA: /%{k.jU"zeI.S@n/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

accusation (plural accusations)

1. The act of accusing.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare, Henry VIII, III-i:

     We come not by the way of accusation / To taint that honor every good tongue blesses.

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

   [They] set up over his head his accusation - Matthew 27:37

3. An allegation.

Synonyms

• impeachment
• crimination
• censure
• charge

Translations

act of accusing or charging with a crime

• Bulgarian: обвинение (bg) (obvinénie) n 
• Catalan: acusació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 控告 (cmn) (kònggào), 指控 (cmn) (zhǐkòng)

• Czech: obvinění (cs) n
• Danish: anklage (da) c, beskyldning (da)
• Finnish: syyttäminen (fi)
• French: accusation (fr) f
• German: Anklage (de) f, Beschuldigung (de) f
• Greek: κατηγορία (el) f (katigoría)

• Italian: accusa (it) f
• Japanese: 告発 (ja) (こくはつ, kokuhatsu)
• Latin: accūsātiō (la) f
• Polish: oskarżenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: acusação (pt) f
• Russian: обвинение (ru) (obvinénije) n 
• Spanish: acusación (es) f
• Swahili: madai (sw)
• Swedish: anklagelse (sv) c

that of which one is accused

• Bulgarian: обвинение (bg) (obvinénie) n 
• Catalan: acusació (ca) f
• Czech: obvinění (cs) n
• Finnish: syyte (fi)
• French: accusation (fr) f
• Greek: κατηγορία (el) f (katigoría)

• Japanese: 言いがかり (ja) (iigakari)
• Latin: accūsātiō (la) f
• Polish: oskarżenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: acusação (pt) f
• Russian: обвинение (ru) (obvinénije) n 
• Swahili: madai (sw)

declaration of fault or blame against another

• Bulgarian: обвинение (bg) (obvinénie) n 
• Catalan: acusació (ca) f
• Czech: obvinění (cs) n
• Finnish: syyte (fi), syytös (fi)
• French: accusation (fr) f
• Greek: κατηγορία (el) (katigoría)
• Japanese: 告発 (ja) (こくはつ, kokuhatsu)

• Latin: accūsātiō (la) f
• Polish: oskarżenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: acusação (pt) f
• Russian: обвинение (ru) (obvinénije) n 
• Spanish: acusación (es) f
• Swahili: madai (sw)
• Swedish: anklagelse (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: akuzo
• Hebrew: האשמה (haashama) f (1), אישום (yshum) m (2)
• Indonesian: tuduhan
• Interlingua: accusation

• Japanese: 容疑 (ja), ようぎ (ja), yōgi (ja)
• Romanian: acuzație (ro) f, învinuire (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian: tužba (sh), žalba (sh)

Anagrams

• anacoustic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

accusation f (plural accusations)

1. accusation

References

• “accusation” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).

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Interlingua

Noun

accusation (plural accusationes)

1. accusation