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noun
1.
act of suspecting.
2.
the state of mind or feeling of one who suspects: Suspicion kept him awake all night long.
3.
an instance of suspecting something or someone.
4.
state of being suspected: under suspicion; above suspicion.
5.
EXPANDimagination of anything to be the case or to be likely; a vague notion of something.
6.
COLLAPSEa slight trace, hint, or suggestion: a suspicion of a smile.
verb (used with object)
7.
Nonstandard. to suspect.
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Suspicions
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Latin suspīciōn- (stem of suspīciō), equivalent to suspīc- (variant stem of suspicere to look from below, suspect) + -iōn- -ion
1250–1300; Middle English < Latin suspīciōn- (stem of suspīciō), equivalent to suspīc- (variant stem of suspicere to look from below, suspect) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
pre·sus·pi·cion, noun
self-sus·pi·cion, noun
su·per·sus·pi·cion, noun
Synonyms
2. doubt, mistrust, misgiving. Suspicion, distrust are terms for a feeling that appearances are not reliable. Suspicion is the positive tendency to doubt the trustworthiness of appearances and therefore to believe that one has detected possibilities of something unreliable, unfavorable, menacing, or the like: to feel suspicion about the honesty of a prominent man. Distrust may be a passive want of trust, faith, or reliance in a person or thing: to feel distrust of one's own ability.
2. doubt, mistrust, misgiving. Suspicion, distrust are terms for a feeling that appearances are not reliable. Suspicion is the positive tendency to doubt the trustworthiness of appearances and therefore to believe that one has detected possibilities of something unreliable, unfavorable, menacing, or the like: to feel suspicion about the honesty of a prominent man. Distrust may be a passive want of trust, faith, or reliance in a person or thing: to feel distrust of one's own ability.
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Word Origin & History
suspicion
late 13c., from Anglo-Fr. suspecioun, from O.Fr. suspeçun, sospeçon "mistrust, suspicion" (Fr. soupçon), from L. suspectionem (nom. suspectio) "mistrust, suspicion, fear, awe," from pp. stem of suspicere "look up at" (see suspect). Spelling in English
EXPANDinfluenced 14c. by learned O.Fr. forms closer to Latin suspicionem.
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