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



  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. 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
 
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