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imputation

an accusation; an attribution, as of fault: His imputation was completely off base.

Not to be confused with:

amputation – cutting off, especially of a body part: After the amputation of his leg he was fitted for a prosthesis.

im·pu·ta·tion

(ĭm′pyo͝o-tā′shən)

1. The act of imputing or ascribing; attribution.

2. Something imputed, ascribed, or attributed.

im·pu′ta·tive (ĭm-pyo͞o′tə-tĭv) adj.

im·pu′ta·tive·ly adv.

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im•pu•ta•tion

(ˌɪm pyʊˈteɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the act of imputing.

2. an attribution, as of fault or crime; accusation.

[1535–45; < Late Latin]

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Noun	1.	imputation - a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation" accusal, accusation - a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt fingerpointing, finger-pointing - the imputation of blame; "they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop"
	2.	imputation - the attribution to a source or cause; "the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously" ascription, attribution - assigning to a cause or source; "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath"; "he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso"

imputation

noun blame, charge, accusation, censure, slur, reproach, slander, attribution, insinuation, ascription, aspersion They avoided the imputation of criminal negligence.

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imputation

noun

1. A charging of someone with a misdeed:

accusation, charge, denouncement, denunciation, incrimination.

Law: indictment.

2. The act of attributing:

ascription, assignment, attribution, credit.

Translations

imputation

imputazione

imputation

[ˌɪmpjʊˈteɪʃən] N (= attribution) → imputación f; (= accusation) → imputación f, acusación f

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imputation

n (of crime) → Bezichtigung f; (of lie also) → Unterstellung f

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imputation

[ˌɪmpjʊˈteɪʃ/ən] n (frm) → capo d'imputazione or d'accusa

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"Man" is "infected with the plague and leprosie of sin," and so must be "purged" and "purified" imputatively. To these puritan conventions Crisp subjoins a magnification of the all-sufficiency of imputative righteousness, which at a stroke severs the Perkinsian regime of preparatory works.