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allegation
noun
1 allegation
law A formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law).
Roget 535:
affirmance,
affirmation;
statement,
allegation,
assertion,
predication,
declaration,
word,
averment;
confirmation.
asseveration,
adjuration,
swearing,
oath,
affidavit;
deposition
etc.
(record)
551;
avouchment;
assurance;
protest,
protestation;
profession;
acknowledgment
etc.
(assent)
488;
legal pledge,
pronouncement;
solemn averment,
solemn avowal,
solemn declaration.
remark,
observation;
position
etc.
(proposition)
514,
saying,
dictum,
sentence,
ipse dixit [Lat.].
emphasis;
weight;
dogmatism
etc.
(certainty)
474;
dogmatics
etc.
887.
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Roget 617:
pretext,
pretense,
pretension,
plea†;
allegation,
advocation;
ostensible motive,
ostensible ground,
ostensible reason,
phony reason;
excuse
etc.
(vindication)
937;
subterfuge;
color;
gloss,
guise,
cover.
loop hole,
starting hole;
how to creep out of,
salvo,
come off;
way of escape.
handle,
peg to hang on,
room locus standi [Lat.];
stalking-horse,
cheval de bataille [Fr.],
cue.
pretense
etc.
(untruth)
546;
put off,
dust thrown in the eyes;
blind;
moonshine;
mere pretext,
shallow pretext;
lame excuse,
lame apology;
tub to a whale;
false plea,
sour grapes;
makeshift,
shift,
white lie;
special pleading
etc.
(sophistry)
477;
soft sawder
etc.
(flattery)
933†.
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2 allegation
Statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove.
synonym: allegement.
Dutch: aantijging, beschuldiging, bewering, stellen
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