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noun a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
noun an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
originFirst 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.
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