Definitions for suspicion

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suspicion sus·pi·cion

Spelling: [suh-spish-uh n]

IPA: /səˈspɪʃ ən/

Suspicion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 221 anagrams from letters in suspicion (ciinopssu).

Definitions for suspicion

noun

1. act of suspecting.
2. the state of mind or feeling of one who suspects:
3. an instance of suspecting something or someone.
4. state of being suspected:
5. imagination of anything to be the case or to be likely; a vague notion of something.
6. a slight trace, hint, or suggestion:

verb (used with object)

1. Nonstandard. to suspect.

Origin of suspicion

1250-1300; Middle English Latin suspīciōn- (stem of suspīciō), equivalent to suspīc- (variant stem of suspicere to look from below, suspect) + -iōn- Examples for suspicion

Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.

Sena might have felt insulated from suspicion in part because of his friendly relationship with local police.

At the same time there was not a suspicion of truculence or even repulse in his carriage.

There is some suspicion that the names have been interchanged.

suspicion has focused on the government of Qatar, which has strong ties to Nusra, as the source of the money.

No suspicion or fear can be rightly directed toward our country.

Those who served abroad were treated with suspicion that they had been infected by European diplomacy.

Assessing rape allegations gets still more challenging in the Middle East, where even the suspicion of rape can break families.

In the meantime he will go home, and not a suspicion will be roused.

Mrs. Van Geist fixed her niece with a sudden look of suspicion.