Definition of accusation

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Accusation (n.) The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.

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Denunciation :: Denunciation (n.) That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.
Complain :: Complain (v. i.) To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.
Exprobration :: Exprobration (n.) Reproachful accusation; upbraiding.
Blackmail :: Blackmail (n.) Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure..
Accusative :: Accusative (a.) Producing accusations; accusatory.
Accusatory :: Accusatory (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel..
Appeachment :: Appeachment (n.) Accusation.
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit..
Arraignment :: Arraignment (n.) A calling to an account to faults; accusation.
Evasion :: Evasion (n.) The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding..
Acquit :: Acquit (v. t.) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement..
Sweepings :: Sweeping (a.) Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation..
Indictment :: Indictment (n.) An accusation in general; a formal accusation.
Concrimination :: Concrimination (n.) A joint accusation.
Accusation :: Accusation (n.) That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge..
Crimination :: Crimination (n.) The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint.
Indignant :: Indignant (a.) Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation..
Exonerate :: Exonerate (v. t.) To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice..
Complaint :: Complaint (n.) A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity..
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