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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sus•pi•cion /səˈspɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. - the act of suspecting:[uncountable]Suspicion was driving her jealous husband crazy.
- an instance of suspecting something or someone:[countable]I have my suspicions about who the spies are.
- the state of being suspected:[uncountable]We had you under suspicion for a while.
- imagination that something is true, or is likely to be true;
a notion:[countable]had a suspicion that the answer to his problem was in the owner's manual. - a slight trace, hint, or suggestion:[countable]a suspicion of a smile.
See -spec-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sus•pi•cion (sə spish′ən),USA pronunciation n. - act of suspecting.
- the state of mind or feeling of one who suspects:Suspicion kept him awake all night long.
- an instance of suspecting something or someone.
- state of being suspected:under suspicion; above suspicion.
- imagination of anything to be the case or to be likely;
a vague notion of something. - a slight trace, hint, or suggestion:a suspicion of a smile.
v.t. - Slang Terms[Nonstandard.]to suspect.
- Latin suspīciōn- (stem of suspīciō), equivalent. to suspīc- (variant stem of suspicere to look from below, suspect) + -iōn- -ion
- Middle English 1250–1300
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: suspicion /səˈspɪʃən/ n - the act or an instance of suspecting; belief without sure proof, esp that something is wrong
- the feeling of mistrust of a person who suspects
- the state of being suspected: to be shielded from suspicion
- a slight trace
- above suspicion ⇒ in such a position that no guilt may be thought or implied, esp through having an unblemished reputation
- on suspicion ⇒ as a suspect
- under suspicion ⇒ regarded with distrust
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French sospeçon, from Latin suspīciō distrust, from suspicere to mistrust; see suspectsusˈpicional adj |