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accusation

noun
/ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/US/ək.jʊˈze.ʃən/

Etymology

First 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.

  1. derived from accūsātiō
  2. derived from acusacion
  3. inherited from accusacion

Definitions

  1. The act of accusing.

    • We come not by the way of accusation / To taint that honour every good tongue blesses.

  2. A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.

    • [They] set up over his head his accusation.

  3. An allegation.

    • ungrounded accusations
    • a blind accusation
    • repeated accusations

The neighborhood

Derived

blood accusation, counteraccusation, every accusation is a confession, hackusation, interaccusation, misaccusation, preaccusation, reaccusation

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at accusation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at accusation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at accusation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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