nnoun.communicationa statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense)Derivationally Related Form:impute
Hypernyms:accusal accusation
Inherited Hypernyms:imputationaccusationchargepleadingstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:finger-pointingfingerpointing
Full Hyponyms:finger-pointing
nnoun.cognitionthe attribution to a source or causeExamples:- the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously
Derivationally Related Form:impute
Hypernyms:ascription attribution
Inherited Hypernyms:imputationattributionclassificationbasic cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity