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Meaning of accusation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n

Definitions

  1. The act of accusing.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The act of accusing
  3. A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
    countable, uncountable
  4. A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law
  5. An allegation
  6. An allegation.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca günah ittiham təqsir
Беларуская абвінавачванне
Български обвине́ние
Bosanski оптужба
Català acusació
Čeština obvinění
Esperanto akuzo
Español acusación
فارسی اتهام
Français accusation
Galego acusación
עברית אישום האשמה
Hrvatski оптужба
Magyar vad
Հայերեն մեղադրանք
Bahasa Indonesia dakwa gugatan penuduhan terkaan tudingan tuduhan tuntutan
Italiano accusa
한국어 고발 고소 공격 혐의
Kurdî gunah
Latina accusatio
Македонски обвинување оптужба
Nederlands beschuldiging
Português acusação
Русский обвинение
Српски оптужба
Kiswahili madai mashitaka shutuma
Türkçe suçlama töhmet

Examples

“We come not by the way of accusation / To taint that honour every good tongue blesses.”
“[They] set up over his head his accusation.”
“ungrounded accusations”
“a blind accusation”
“repeated accusations”
“an accusation of a crime”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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