allegation

See also: allégation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French allégation, from Latin allegatio, from allegare. See allege.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăl'ĭ-gā'shən, IPA^(key): /ˌæl.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌæl.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (US):

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

allegation (plural allegations)

1. An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.

   She put forth several allegations regarding her partner in hopes of discrediting his actions.

   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian‎^[1]:

     Philip Miles, defending, said: "This was a single instance, there was no allegation of continuing behaviour over a long period of time."

   • 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman‎^[2]:

     A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "We can confirm that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Jodi Jones. A 45-year-old has also been arrested in connection with allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice. A report on this has been sent to the procurator fiscal."

2. The act of alleging.

Synonyms

• accusation
• assertion
• censure
• charge
• crimination
• impeachment

Related terms

• allegator
• allege

Translations

an assertion or accusation

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: твърде́ние (bg) n (tvǎrdénie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斷言／断言 (zh) (duànyán), 断言 (zh) (duànyán), 主張／主张 (zh) (zhǔzhāng), 主张 (zh) (zhǔzhāng)

• Czech: tvrzení (cs) n
• Danish: påstand
• Dutch: bewering (nl), aantijging (nl) f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: väite (fi), syytös (fi)
• French: assertion (fr), allégation (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Behauptung (de) f
• Indonesian: tuduhan (id)
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• Interlingue:
• Japanese: 主張 (ja) (しゅちょう, shuchō), 申し立て (もうしたて, mōshitate)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: kupu whakapae
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: domniemanie (pl) n, zarzut (pl) m
• Portuguese: alegação (pt) f
• Romanian: acuzație (ro) f
• Russian: (голосло́вное) утвержде́ние (ru) n (utverždénije)
• Spanish: alegato (es) m, acusación (es) f
• Swedish: anklagelse (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can