Definitions for accusation

accusation ac·cu·sa·tion

Spelling: [ak-yoo-zey-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌæk yʊˈzeɪ ʃən/

Accusation is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 517 anagrams from letters in accusation (aaccinostu).

Definitions for accusation

noun

  1. a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
  2. the specific offense charged:
  3. the act of accusing or state of being accused.

Origin of accusation

1350-1400; Middle English accusacion Latin accūsātiōn- (stem of accūsātiō), equivalent to accūsāt(us), past participle of accūsāre (see accuse, Examples for accusation

We got involved with casino gambling, and there was never any accusation of doing anything wrong.

Her voice was level and vaguely dangerous as she answered his accusation.

There was not the change of a feature in the face of the woman who listened to the accusation.

The Copperheads, a group of Midwestern Democrats, made the accusation—and far worse—against President Lincoln during Emancipation.

This accusation, after soul-wearying delays, had culminated to-day in conviction.

In a statement to The Daily Beast, Fritsch denied the accusation.

Constand claimed that the accusation was patently false, and demanded $150,000 in damages from the tabloid and attorney.

Barack Obama, made the accusation against President Bush during the Iraq War.

He was not prepared with any answer, though he hotly resented every word of her accusation.

But his gray eyes burned fiercely in accusation against her.

Word Value for accusation
Scrable

14

Words with friends

18

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