accusation

UK /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ US /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/

noun 3

Definitions

noun

The act of accusing.

We come not by the way of accusation / To taint that honour every good tongue blesses.

A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.

[They] set up over his head his accusation.

An allegation.

ungrounded accusations

a blind accusation

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

serious

false, groundless, unfounded, unjust, wild

bitter

mutual

The two neighbors exchanged mutual accusations about whose dog had damaged the fence.

public

veiled

His comments about the project contained several veiled accusations that nobody missed.

renewed, repeated

VERB + ACCUSATION

level at, make

The protesters made serious accusations of corruption against the government officials.

face

She faced serious accusations of stealing money from the charity where she worked.

deny, dismiss, refute, reject

prove, support

The witness testimony helped prove the accusation that the manager had stolen company funds.

ACCUSATION + VERB

fly about/around

During the scandal, serious accusations flew around the office for weeks.

PREP

amid ~s

The mayor resigned amid accusations that she had misused public funds for personal expenses.

~ against

The investigation found serious accusations against the former manager of the company.

PHRASES

bring an accusation against sb

His former business partner brought an accusation against him in court last month.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

charge

noun — a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person

accusal

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

every accusation is a confession

When a person or group accuses someone else of a behavior or wrongdoing, they may be subconsciously revealing something about themselves.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:every accusation is a confession.

Example Bank

We come not by the way of accusation / To taint that honour every good tongue blesses.

Wiktionary

[They] set up over his head his accusation.

Wiktionary

ungrounded accusations

Wiktionary

He denied the accusation.

Tatoeba · #290764

He is under a false accusation.

Tatoeba · #303993

What's the accusation against him?

Tatoeba · #307834

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