accusation
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accusation
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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accusation (ˌækjʊˈzeɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an allegation that a person is guilty of some fault, offence, or crime; imputation |
| 2. | a formal charge brought against a person stating the crime that he is alleged to have committed |
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Word Origin & History
accusation
early 15c., from O.Fr. accusation, from L. accusationem (nom. accusatio), noun of action from accusatus, pp. of accusare (see accuse).
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Example sentences
Tanner denied the motion, ruling he had told the jury not to consider the accusation.
If you are a gamer of any sort, you should be repulsed by this sort of accusation.
The firm says it doesn't understand that accusation.
The accusation struck at his personal integrity, and the credibility of the country.
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