First attested in the late 14th century.Inherited fromMiddle Englishaccusacion, borrowed fromOld Frenchacusacion (French:accusation), fromLatinaccūsātiō(“accusation, indictment”), fromaccūsō(“blame, accuse”).Doublet ofaccusatio. More ataccuse. Equivalent toaccuse +-ation.
accusation (countable anduncountable,pluralaccusations)
- The act ofaccusing.
1613 (date written),William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene i]:We come not by the way ofaccusation / To taint that honour every good tongue blesses.
- (law) Aformalcharge brought against a person in acourt of law.
- Anallegation.
- ungroundedaccusations
- a blindaccusation
- repeatedaccusations
- anaccusation of a crime
act of accusing or charging with a crime
- Arabic:اِتِّهَام m(ittihām)
- Armenian:մեղադրանք (hy)(meġadrankʻ)
- Azerbaijani:ittiham
- Belarusian:абвінава́чванне n(abvinaváčvannje),абвінава́чанне n(abvinaváčannje)
- Bulgarian:обвине́ние (bg) n(obvinénie)
- Catalan:acusació (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:控告 (zh)(kònggào),指控 (zh)(zhǐkòng)
- Czech:obvinění (cs) n
- Danish:anklage (da) c,beskyldning (da)
- Dutch:beschuldiging (nl)
- Esperanto:akuzo
- Finnish:syyttäminen (fi)
- French:accusation (fr) f
- Galician:acusación (gl) f
- Georgian:please add this translation if you can
- German:Anklage (de) f,Beschuldigung (de) f
- Gothic:𐌿𐍃𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍃 f(usqiss)
- Greek:κατηγορία (el) f(katigoría)
- Ancient:κατηγορία f(katēgoría),ἔγκλημα n(énklēma)
- Hebrew:אישום m(ishúm),האשמה f(haashamá)
- Hindi:आरोप (hi) m(ārop),अभियोग (hi) m(abhiyog),लांछन (hi) m(lāñchan)
- Hungarian:vád (hu),vádemelés (hu),megvádolás (hu)
- Indonesian:penuduhan
- Italian:accusa (it) f
- Japanese:告発 (ja)(こくはつ, kokuhatsu)
- Khmer:please add this translation if you can
- Korean:고발 (ko)(gobal)
- Ladino:akuzasyon f
- Latin:accūsātiō f
- Macedonian:обвинување n(obvinuvanje),оптужба f(optužba)
- Mongolian:яллалт(jallalt)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:anklage (no) m orf,beskyldning m orf
- Nynorsk:skulding f
- Occitan:acusacion (oc) f
- Odia:ଅଭିଯୋଗ (or)(abhij̄oga)
- Persian:اتهام (fa)(ettehâm)
- Plautdietsch:Kloag f,Aunkloag f
- Polish:oskarżenie (pl) n
- Portuguese:acusação (pt) f
- Romanian:acuzație (ro) f,învinovățire (ro) f
- Russian:обвине́ние (ru) n(obvinénije)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic:оптужба f
- Roman:optužba (sh) f
- Slovak:obvinenie n
- Slovene:obtožba f
- Spanish:acusación (es) f
- Swahili:madai (sw)
- Swedish:anklagelse (sv) c,anklagan (sv) c,beskyllning (sv) c
- Tagalog:bintang (tl),akusasyon (tl)
- Thai:please add this translation if you can
- Turkish:suçlama (tr)
- Ukrainian:звинува́чення n(zvynuváčennja)
- Vietnamese:sự buộc tội (vi)
- Welsh:cyhuddo (cy) m,cyhuddiad m
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that of which one is accused
declaration of fault or blame against another
Translations to be checked
Borrowed fromLatinaccūsātiōnem.
accusation f (pluralaccusations)
- accusation
accusation (pluralaccusationes)
- accusation
