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accusation
  1. The act of accusing.
  2. (law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
  3. An allegation.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.”
      “They also want a mechanism for exonerating MPs from any accusation that they might be misappropriating public funds.”
      “It became his unexpected collaboration with a family destroyed by the accusation of sexual molestation of children.”
accusativeness
  1. (linguistics) The characteristics of the accusative case of a noun or pronoun.
  2. The condition of tending to accuse.
accuser
  1. One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The accuser passionately addresses the court with an arm flung theatrically backward toward the passive defendant.”
      “The reflexive hostility that some of his defenders have shown toward his accuser therefore exhibits no fidelity to the presumption of innocence.”
      “It is worth embarrassing the accuser, to avoid the risk of a wrongful conviction and possibly spare an innocent defendant years in prison.”
accused
  1. (law) The person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The accused denied having had any knowledge of or connection with the writing of 110 letters to The Inspector General.”
accusative
  1. (grammar) The accusative case.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In Latin, the accusative is an important grammatical case indicating the direct object of a verb.”
accusement
  1. (now rare) An accusation. [from 14th c.]
accusatour
  1. (rare) Obsolete spelling of accusator
accusativity
  1. (grammar) Quality of being accusative.
accuseress
  1. (rare) A female accuser.
accusor
  1. Alternative spelling of accuser
accusour
  1. Obsolete form of accuser.
accusatrix
  1. A female accusator.
accuse
  1. (obsolete) An accusation.
accusee
  1. One who is accused.
accusing
accusal
  1. accusation
  2. Examples:
    1. “So what better than take the accusal straight to a really stupid faculty member.”
      “This has probably been a fair accusal, in my opinion, but a notion that soon will be dying.”
      “I could not forget that in very truth Ruth's accusal had been the result of this verdict.”
accusator
  1. (archaic) A male accuser;
accusant
  1. (obsolete) An accuser.
accusements
  1. plural of accusement
accusations
  1. plural of accusation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The warden of the prison denied accusations that he turned a blind eye to the extortion of prisoners' families by his guards.”
      “More than four years on not one iota of evidence in support of the accusations has been provided.”
      “The whole thing is a mess of accusations of conspiracies and attempts to paint Curtis as a wild-eyed wack.”
accusatives
accusatours
  1. plural of accusatour
accusatrices
  1. plural of accusatrix
accuseresses
  1. plural of accuseress
accusators
  1. plural of accusator
accusings
accusours
  1. plural of accusour
accusants
  1. plural of accusant
accusals
  1. plural of accusal
  2. Examples:
    1. “It's not as if false accusals are occurring at dangerously epidemic proportions.”
      “But it's funny how here in America, even being honest about yourself seems to solicit accusals of bragging in some way.”
      “Between 1450 and 1700, Europe also saw a noticeable trend in male witch accusals.”
accusees
  1. plural of accusee
accusers
  1. plural of accuser
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In his case, several of the actor's accusers claim to have been humiliated and degraded by him at work.”
      “They are accused of the act, lectured to, and forced to acknowledge the moral superiority of the accusers.”
      “And this legal reality doubtless enabled accusers to continue with their predations.”
accusors
  1. plural of accusor
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