imputation

English

Etymology

From Latin imputatio (ascribe)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˌɪm.pjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

imputation (plural imputations)

1. The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
2. That which has been imputed or charged.
3. Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
4. (theology) 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.
5. Opinion; intimation; hint.

Related terms

• imputability
• imputable
• imputableness
• imputably
• impute

Translations

act of imputing

Czech: imputace (cs) f. Dutch: aantijging (nl) f. Finnish: imputaatio (fi) French: imputation (fr) f.

German: Unterstellung f. Portuguese: imputação (pt) f. Russian: обвинение (ru) (obvinénije) n., вменение в вину (ru) (vmenénije v vinú) n.

that which has been imputed

Czech: imputace (cs) f. Dutch: aantijging (nl) f.

German: Unterstellung f. Portuguese: imputação (pt) f.

References

• imputation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• imputation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913