accusation

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: AE2 K Y AH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: AE2 K Y UW0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested in the late 14th century. Inherited from Middle English accusacion, borrowed from Old French acusacion (French: accusation), from Latin accūsātiō (“accusation, indictment”), from accūsō (“blame, accuse”). Doublet of accusatio. More at accuse. Equivalent to accuse + -ation.

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِتِّهَام (ittihām) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Armenian: մեղադրանք (meġadrankʻ) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Azerbaijani: ittiham — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Belarusian: абвінава́чванне (abvinaváčvannje) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Belarusian: абвінава́чанне (abvinaváčannje) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Bulgarian: обвине́ние (obvinénie) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Catalan: acusació — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Chinese Mandarin: 控告 (kònggào) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Chinese Mandarin: 指控 (zhǐkòng) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Czech: obvinění — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Danish: anklage — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Danish: beskyldning — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Dutch: beschuldiging — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Esperanto: akuzo — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Finnish: syyttäminen — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• French: accusation — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Galician: acusación — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• German: Anklage — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• German: Beschuldigung — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍃 (usqiss) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Greek: κατηγορία (katigoría) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Ancient Greek: κατηγορία (katēgoría) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Ancient Greek: ἔγκλημα (énklēma) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Hebrew: אישום (ishúm) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Hebrew: האשמה (haashamá) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Hindi: आरोप (ārop) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Hindi: अभियोग (abhiyog) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Hindi: लांछन (lāñchan) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Hungarian: vád — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Hungarian: vádemelés — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Hungarian: megvádolás — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Indonesian: penuduhan — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Italian: accusa — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Japanese: 告発 (kokuhatsu) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Korean: 고발 (gobal) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Ladino: akuzasyon — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Latin: accūsātiō — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Macedonian: обвинување (obvinuvanje) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Macedonian: оптужба (optužba) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Mongolian: яллалт (jallalt) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Norwegian Bokmål: anklage — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Norwegian Bokmål: beskyldning — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skulding — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Occitan: acusacion — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Odia: ଅଭିଯୋଗ (abhij̄oga) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Persian: اتهام (ettehâm) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Plautdietsch: Kloag — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Plautdietsch: Aunkloag — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Polish: oskarżenie — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Portuguese: acusação — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Romanian: acuzație — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Romanian: învinovățire — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Russian: обвине́ние (obvinénije) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Serbo-Croatian: оптужба — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Serbo-Croatian: optužba — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Slovak: obvinenie — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Slovene: obtožba — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Spanish: acusación — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Swahili: madai — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Swedish: anklagelse — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Swedish: anklagan — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Swedish: beskyllning — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Tagalog: bintang — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Tagalog: akusasyon — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Turkish: suçlama — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Ukrainian: звинува́чення (zvynuváčennja) — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Vietnamese: sự buộc tội — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Welsh: cyhuddo — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Welsh: cyhuddiad — act of accusing or charging with a crime
• Arabic: اِتِّهَام (ittihām) — that of which one is accused
• Arabic: تُهْمَة (tuhma) — that of which one is accused
• Armenian: մեղադրանք (meġadrankʻ) — that of which one is accused
• Azerbaijani: təqsir — that of which one is accused
• Azerbaijani: suç — that of which one is accused
• Azerbaijani: günah — that of which one is accused
• Bulgarian: обвине́ние (obvinénie) — that of which one is accused
• Catalan: acusació — that of which one is accused
• Czech: obvinění — that of which one is accused
• Finnish: syyte — that of which one is accused
• French: accusation — that of which one is accused
• Greek: κατηγορία (katigoría) — that of which one is accused
• Ancient Greek: κατηγορία (katēgoría) — that of which one is accused
• Hindi: आरोप (ārop) — that of which one is accused
• Hungarian: vád — that of which one is accused
• Hungarian: vádpont — that of which one is accused
• Indonesian: tuduhan — that of which one is accused
• Japanese: 言いがかり (iigakari) — that of which one is accused
• Latin: accūsātiō — that of which one is accused
• Māori: heitara — that of which one is accused
• Mongolian: зэмлэл (zemlel) — that of which one is accused
• Old English: tihtle — that of which one is accused
• Polish: oskarżenie — that of which one is accused
• Portuguese: acusação — that of which one is accused
• Russian: обвине́ние (obvinénije) — that of which one is accused
• Tashelhit: tummla — that of which one is accused
• Tashelhit: anamul (Souss-Massa) — that of which one is accused
• Swahili: madai — that of which one is accused
• Swahili: mashitaka — that of which one is accused
• Tagalog: paratang — that of which one is accused
• Welsh: cyhuddiad — that of which one is accused
• Welsh: achwyniad — that of which one is accused
• Bulgarian: обвине́ние (obvinénie) — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Catalan: acusació — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Czech: obvinění — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Finnish: syyte — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Finnish: syytös — declaration of fault or blame against another
• French: accusation — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Greek: κατηγορία (katigoría) — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Hindi: आरोप (ārop) — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Japanese: 告発 (kokuhatsu) — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Latin: accūsātiō — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Māori: kupu whakapae — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Māori: heitara — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Polish: oskarżenie — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Portuguese: acusação — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Russian: обвине́ние (obvinénije) — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Spanish: acusación — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Swahili: madai — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Swahili: shutuma — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Swedish: anklagelse — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Tagalog: paratang — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Tagalog: bintang — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Tashelhit: anamul — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Ukrainian: звинува́чення (zvynuváčennja) — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Ukrainian: за́кид (zákyd) — declaration of fault or blame against another
• Welsh: cyhuddiad — declaration of fault or blame against another