Synonyms for imputation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : im-pyoo-tey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪm pyʊˈteɪ ʃən

Définition of imputation

Origin : 1540s, noun of action from impute (v.) on model of Middle French imputation, or else from Late Latin imputationem (nominative imputatio), noun of action from imputare.

noun ascription

Example sentences :

Then turning to me—You can bear the imputation of sullenness I see!
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Then we must in every way strain every nerve to avoid the imputation of being slaves?
Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon

This, at times subjected him to the imputation of meanness, but for this he cared little.
Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger

The malevolence of party has alone the merit of such an imputation.
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

Nothing is too base, nothing too infamous, for an imputation.
Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

It was not here and in such a society I should have to blush for any imputation.
Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever

I repel the imputation that our race, as a class, is lazy and slothful.
Extract from : « Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading » by Various

My answer to this imputation I postpone to the concluding pages of my Volume.
Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman

Bishops gave their countenance to this imputation against me.
Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman

The imputation of untruthfulness was one to which she was particularly sensitive.
Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice

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