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We found 5 definitions of accusal from 5 different sources.
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accusal - a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt | ||
accusation | ||
complaint, charge (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based | ||
self-accusation, self-condemnation an admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be | ||
recrimination mutual accusations | ||
allegation statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove | ||
blame game accusations exchanged among people who refuse to accept sole responsibility for some undesirable event | ||
imprecation the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob" | ||
imputation the attribution to a source or cause; "the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously" | ||
indictment a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense | ||
information (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information" | ||
preferment the act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger candidate" | ||
incrimination, inculpation, blame an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on the driver" |