Link Centre Dictionary

imputation

im·pu·ta·tion

US/ˌɪm.pjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/ uncommon

noun

1.

a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense)

  • “he denied the imputation”
2.

the attribution to a source or cause

  • “the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously”

Origin

From Middle French imputation, from Latin imputatio.

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.