'attribution' definitions:
Definition of 'attribution'
(from WordNet)
noun
Assigning some quality or character to a person or thing; "the attribution of language to birds"; "the ascription to me of honors I had not earned" [syn: attribution, ascription]
noun
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" [syn: attribution, ascription]