accusation
Roget category 938
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.2. Moral sentiments
#938.
Accusation
noun
accusation,
charge,
imputation,
slur,
inculpation,
exprobration†,
delation —
crimination —
incrimination,
accrimination†,
recrimination —
tu quoque argument [Lat.] —
invective
etc.
932.
denunciation,
denouncement —
libel,
challenge,
citation,
arraignment —
impeachment,
appeachment† —
indictment,
bill of indictment,
true bill —
lawsuit
etc.
969 —
condemnation
etc.
971.
gravamen of a charge,
head and front of one's offending,
argumentum ad hominem [Lat.] —
scandal
etc.
(detraction)
934 —
scandalum magnatum [Lat.].
accuser,
prosecutor,
plaintiff —
relator,
informer —
appellant.
accused,
defendant,
prisoner,
perpetrator,
panel,
respondent —
litigant.
verb
accuse,
charge,
tax,
impute,
twit,
taunt with,
reproach.
brand with reproach —
stigmatize,
slur —
cast a stone at,
cast a slur on —
incriminate,
criminate —
inculpate,
implicate —
call to account
etc.
(censure)
932 —
take to blame,
take to task —
put in the black book.
inform against,
indict,
denounce,
arraign —
impeach,
appeach† —
have up,
show up,
pull up —
challenge,
cite,
lodge a complaint —
prosecute,
bring an action against
etc.
969 —
blow upon.
charge with,
saddle with —
lay to one's door,
lay charge —
lay the blame on,
bring home to —
cast in one's teeth,
throw in one's teeth —
cast the first stone at.
have a rod in pickle for,
keep a rod in pickle for —
have a crow to pluck with.
trump up a charge.
adjective
accusing
etc.
v. —
accusatory,
accusative —
imputative,
denunciatory —
recriminatory,
criminatory†.
accused
etc.
v. —
suspected —
under suspicion,
under a cloud,
under surveillance —
in custody,
in detention —
in the lockup,
in the watch house,
in the house of detention.
accusable,
imputable —
indefensible,
inexcusable —
unpardonable,
unjustifiable —
vicious
etc.
845.
interjection
look at home —
tu quoque [Lat.]
etc.
(retaliation)
718.
phrase
the breath of accusation kills an innocent the breath of accusation kills an innocent name"
[Shelley];
thou can'st not say I did it"
[Macbeth].
The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.
Bold numbers signify related Roget categories. A dagger symbol (†) indicates archaic words and expressions no longer in common use.
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