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Accusation

The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.

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Allegation 76% connected

The act of alleging or positively asserting.

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Blame 76% connected

To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.

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Countercharge 76% connected

An opposing charge.

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Implication 76% connected

The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.

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Imprecation 76% connected

The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.

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Imputation 76% connected

The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription; also, anything imputed or charged.

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Incrimination 76% connected

The act of incriminating; crimination.

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Inculpation 76% connected

Blame; censure; crimination.

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Indictment 76% connected

The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted.

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Information 76% connected

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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Preferment 76% connected

The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference.

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Recrimination 76% connected

The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation.

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Self-condemnation 76% connected

Condemnation of one's self by one's own judgment.

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Assertion 76% connected

The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

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Asseveration 76% connected

The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration.

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Averment 76% connected

The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Complaint 76% connected

Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

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Derivationally related 6

Accuse 74% connected

Accusation.

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Accuse 74% connected

Accusation.

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Charge 74% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Charge 74% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Synonym 2

Accusal 92% connected

Accusation.

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Charge 92% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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