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suspicion

sus·pi·cion

UK/səˈspɪʃ.ən/ US/sʌˈspɪʃʌn/ fairly common

noun

1.

an impression that something might be the case

  • “he had an intuition that something had gone wrong”
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2.
3.

the state of being suspected

  • “he tried to shield me from suspicion”
4.

being of a suspicious nature

  • “his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage”
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Origin

From Middle English suspecioun, borrowed from Latin suspīciō, suspīciōnem, from suspicere, from sub- (“up to”) with specere (“to look at”). Perhaps partly through the influence of Old French sospeçon (or rather the Anglo-Norman form suspecioun). Equivalent to suspect + -ion.

Phrases

  • Caesar's wife must be above suspicion
  • index of suspicion
  • sneaking suspicion
  • sneaky suspicion
  • undue suspicion

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