Imputation

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

Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.

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.

Opinion; intimation; hint.

a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation"