accusationn.

Brit.

/ˌakjᵿˈzeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌækjəˈzeɪʃən/,

/ˌækjuˈzeɪʃən/

Forms: Middle English accusacioun, Middle English accusasiowne, Middle English acusacyoun, Middle English–1500s accusacion, Middle English– accusation; Scottish pre-1700 accusacion, pre-1700 accusacione, pre-1700 accusacioun, pre-1700 accusatione, pre-1700 accusatioun, pre-1700 accusatyown, pre-1700 accusatyowne, pre-1700 1700s– accusation.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French accusation; Latin accūsātiōn-, accūsātiō.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman accusacioun, accusaciun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French accusation, Middle French accusacion (a1275 in Old French as acusacion ; French accusation ) and its etymon classical Latin accūsātiōn-, accūsātiō act or occasion of accusing someone, formal indictment < accūsāt- , past participial stem of accusāre accuse v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Spanish acusación (first half of the 13th cent.), Italian accusazione (c1260).

1. An act of accusing; a charge or claim of lawbreaking or wrongdoing; a criticism.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun] > instance of

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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun]

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delating1820

billing1884

beef1928

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) 1 Esdras iv. 18 Þe accusacioun [L. accusatio] þat ȝee senten to vs, openli is rad befor me.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 157 (MED) It was sone i-knowe þat þe accusacioun was false.

1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §48. m. 7 There was declared to hym, the grete accusations and empechementez made ayenst hym by all the comens of the parlement, of grete and heynous treasons doon ayenst the kynges owne persone.

a1460 tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Helm.) (1999) 37 (MED) Thu shal be the cause of thyne owen accusacion.

a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) ix. Prol. 46 At a court I mon appeire Fell accusationis thare til here.

1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iv. lxxv. 106 Concussion, rapine, pilleries, Their catalogue of accusations fill.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 157 My vouch against you, and my place i'th State, Will so your accusation ouer-weigh.

1697 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 323 He sets forth divers accusations against his lady, who is elop'd from him.

1703 L. Smith Evid. Things not Seen (ed. 2) 14 These guilty Fears and Accusations of a bad Conscience, or comfortable Excusings and Acquitments of a good one,..owe their rise to custom of Belief.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. ii. 152 An accusation so improbable gained but little credit.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. vii. 457 He is not content with repelling the accusation as false, and alien to his humane disposition.

1862 A. Trollope Orley Farm II. xviii. 138 To this accusation I will not plead.

1902 McClure's Mag. Mar. 432/2 A sifting of all the accusations leaves a single charge of sexual assault by a soldier.

1965 Listener 9 Sept. 393/2 It contradicts most cogently the persistent accusation that Strauss repeated himself.

1970 V. Nabokov Let. 18 June in Sel. Lett. (1989) 471 My father felt so infinitely superior to any accusation of antisemitism.

2010 Guardian 1 Feb. (Insurance Suppl.) 12/3 Digital defamation—where false accusations online give a negative image or damage a reputation—is fast becoming an issue.

2. As a mass noun. The action of accusing; blame, reproach.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun]

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?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iv. pr. iv. l. 3718 It sholde be tourned in to þe habit of accusacioun. Þat is [to] s[e]yn þei sholden accuse shrewes, and nat excuse hem.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 4354 (MED) His clausis for to rede, Þat resownede..Only of malys to accusacioun Of þis women.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 457 In this one portion of accusation, I doe perceave two severall crimes compyled together.

1611 Bible (King James) Luke xix. 8 If I haue taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him foure fold.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1187 Thus they in mutual accusation spent The fruitless hours.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. viii. §76 642 The Party Men attended with their Short-hand Writers at their Elbows, to take what might incautelously..slip from the Mouths of the Judges, for Matter of Accusation.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. iii. 95 The Marchese persisted in accusation and menace.

1807 J. Overton Tennessee Rep. (1813) I. 253 The 9th section of the bill of rights secures to the citizen a speedy, public trial, and to demand the cause of accusation against him.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 5 Then, like a shadow, past the people's talk And accusation of uxoriousness Across her mind.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 17 Aug. 2/1 Against his private life and his personal character there has never been the smallest whisper of accusation.

1977 Cork Examiner 6 June 2/8 It has been bandied about both in accusation and refutation on the subsequent occasions of the passage of an electoral Bill.

2005 T. Dorsey Torpedo Juice 237 He paced with hands behind his back, staring in accusation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	accusation
释义	accusationn. Brit. /ˌakjᵿˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌækjəˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌækjuˈzeɪʃən/ Forms: Middle English accusacioun, Middle English accusasiowne, Middle English acusacyoun, Middle English–1500s accusacion, Middle English– accusation; Scottish pre-1700 accusacion, pre-1700 accusacione, pre-1700 accusacioun, pre-1700 accusatione, pre-1700 accusatioun, pre-1700 accusatyown, pre-1700 accusatyowne, pre-1700 1700s– accusation. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French accusation; Latin accūsātiōn-, accūsātiō. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman accusacioun, accusaciun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French accusation, Middle French accusacion (a1275 in Old French as acusacion ; French accusation ) and its etymon classical Latin accūsātiōn-, accūsātiō act or occasion of accusing someone, formal indictment < accūsāt- , past participial stem of accusāre accuse v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Spanish acusación (first half of the 13th cent.), Italian accusazione (c1260). 1. An act of accusing; a charge or claim of lawbreaking or wrongdoing; a criticism. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun] > instance of sakec1175 challengec1315 quarrela1325 accusationa1382 cause1382 blamec1384 pointa1387 accusementa1393 chesouna1400 objectionc1410 accuse?a1439 thing1548 facing-carda1624 intentation1623 indictment1871 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] wrayingc1000 indictment1303 accusationa1382 information1387 appeaching1401 allegeancea1430 supposal1429 accuse?a1439 appealing1440 ditingc1440 indictingc1440 detection1471 cusing1488 indictament1523 arraigning1533 denouncement1544 arraignment1549 raignment1570 delation1578 denunciation1588 prosecution1590 accusement1596 inditure1614 aggravation1626 arraign1638 delating1820 billing1884 beef1928 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) 1 Esdras iv. 18 Þe accusacioun [L. accusatio] þat ȝee senten to vs, openli is rad befor me. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 157 (MED) It was sone i-knowe þat þe accusacioun was false. 1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §48. m. 7 There was declared to hym, the grete accusations and empechementez made ayenst hym by all the comens of the parlement, of grete and heynous treasons doon ayenst the kynges owne persone. a1460 tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Helm.) (1999) 37 (MED) Thu shal be the cause of thyne owen accusacion. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) ix. Prol. 46 At a court I mon appeire Fell accusationis thare til here. 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iv. lxxv. 106 Concussion, rapine, pilleries, Their catalogue of accusations fill. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 157 My vouch against you, and my place i'th State, Will so your accusation ouer-weigh. View more context for this quotation 1697 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 323 He sets forth divers accusations against his lady, who is elop'd from him. 1703 L. Smith Evid. Things not Seen (ed. 2) 14 These guilty Fears and Accusations of a bad Conscience, or comfortable Excusings and Acquitments of a good one,..owe their rise to custom of Belief. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. ii. 152 An accusation so improbable gained but little credit. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. vii. 457 He is not content with repelling the accusation as false, and alien to his humane disposition. 1862 A. Trollope Orley Farm II. xviii. 138 To this accusation I will not plead. 1902 McClure's Mag. Mar. 432/2 A sifting of all the accusations leaves a single charge of sexual assault by a soldier. 1965 Listener 9 Sept. 393/2 It contradicts most cogently the persistent accusation that Strauss repeated himself. 1970 V. Nabokov Let. 18 June in Sel. Lett. (1989) 471 My father felt so infinitely superior to any accusation of antisemitism. 2010 Guardian 1 Feb. (Insurance Suppl.) 12/3 Digital defamation—where false accusations online give a negative image or damage a reputation—is fast becoming an issue. 2. As a mass noun. The action of accusing; blame, reproach. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun] acoupementc1300 accusinga1350 impeachment1387 accusementa1393 accusation?c1400 witingc1449 charge1477 impetition1530 threap1538 imputationa1586 deposition1587 impeach1591 insimulation1592 accusal1594 arraignment1595 taxation1605 arguing1611 tax1613 impositiona1616 tainture1621 incusation1623 touchinga1625 aggravation1626 accrimination1655 compellation1656 imputea1657 inculpation1798 finger-pointing1851 j'accuse1899 ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iv. pr. iv. l. 3718 It sholde be tourned in to þe habit of accusacioun. Þat is [to] s[e]yn þei sholden accuse shrewes, and nat excuse hem. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 4354 (MED) His clausis for to rede, Þat resownede..Only of malys to accusacioun Of þis women. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 457 In this one portion of accusation, I doe perceave two severall crimes compyled together. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke xix. 8 If I haue taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him foure fold. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1187 Thus they in mutual accusation spent The fruitless hours. View more context for this quotation a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. viii. §76 642 The Party Men attended with their Short-hand Writers at their Elbows, to take what might incautelously..slip from the Mouths of the Judges, for Matter of Accusation. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. iii. 95 The Marchese persisted in accusation and menace. 1807 J. Overton Tennessee Rep. (1813) I. 253 The 9th section of the bill of rights secures to the citizen a speedy, public trial, and to demand the cause of accusation against him. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 5 Then, like a shadow, past the people's talk And accusation of uxoriousness Across her mind. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 17 Aug. 2/1 Against his private life and his personal character there has never been the smallest whisper of accusation. 1977 Cork Examiner 6 June 2/8 It has been bandied about both in accusation and refutation on the subsequent occasions of the passage of an electoral Bill. 2005 T. Dorsey Torpedo Juice 237 He paced with hands behind his back, staring in accusation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1382
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