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accusation|ækjuːˈzeɪʃən|
Also 5 accusasiowne, accusacion.
[a. Fr. accusation ad. L. accūsātiōnem, n. of action, f. accusā-re to accuse.]
1. The act of accusing or fact of being accused; arraignment.
1430Lydgate Chron. Troy iii. xxv. His clauses for to rede That resowned in conclusiowne Onely of malyce to accusasiowne. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour f v b, Mardocheus was accused of the accusacion of Amon and was nothynge gylty. 1599Shakes. Much Ado ii. ii. 55 Be thou constant in the accusation, and my cunning shall not shame me. 1611Bible Luke xix. 8 If I haue taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him foure fold. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 1190 Thus they in mutual accusation spent The fruitless hours. 1794Burke Sp. agst. Hastings Wks. XV. 13 A man who is under the accusation of his country is under a very great misfortune. 1859Tennyson Enid 83 Then like a shadow past the people's talk And accusation of uxoriousness Across her mind.
2. The charge of an offence or crime, or the declaration containing it; an indictment.
c1425Wyntown Cron. ix. Prol. 46 At a court I mon appeir Fell accusationis þare til here. a1450Chester Plays (1847) II. 44 Men of thyn owne nacion Shewen for thy damnacion With manye accusacion And all this daie have. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. ii. iv. 157 My vouch against you, and my place i'th State Will so your accusation ouer-weigh. 1759Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. ii. 152 An accusation so improbable gained but little credit. 1855Milman Lat. Christ. (1864) II. iii. vii. 136 He is not content with repelling the accusation as false and alien to his humane disposition. 1862A. Trollope Orley F. lviii. 421 (ed. 4) To this accusation I will not plead. |