Imputation
WordNet
noun
(1) The attribution to a source or cause
"The imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously"
(2) A statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense)
"He denied the imputation"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
- That which has been 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.
Related terms
- imputability
- imputable
- imputableness
- imputably
- impute