'Imputation' definitions:
Definition of 'imputation'
From: WordNet
noun
A statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation"
noun
The attribution to a source or cause; "the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously"
Definition of 'Imputation'
From: GCIDE
- Imputation \Im`pu*ta"tion\, [L. imputatio an account, a charge: cf. F. imputation.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription; also, anything imputed or charged. [1913 Webster]
- Shylock. Antonio is a good man. Bassanio. Have you heard any imputation to the contrary? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- If I had a suit to Master Shallow, I would humor his men with the imputation of being near their master. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation. [1913 Webster]
- Let us be careful to guard ourselves against these groundless imputation of our enemies. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Theol.) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Opinion; intimation; hint. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Imputation'
From: Easton
- Imputation is used to designate any action or word or thing as reckoned to a person. Thus in doctrinal language (1) the sin of Adam is imputed to all his descendants, i.e., it is reckoned as theirs, and they are dealt with therefore as guilty; (2) the righteousness of Christ is imputed to them that believe in him, or so attributed to them as to be considered their own; and (3) our sins are imputed to Christ, i.e., he assumed our "law-place," undertook to answer the demands of justice for our sins. In all these cases the nature of imputation is the same (Rom. 5:12-19; comp. Philemon 1:18, 19).
Synonyms of 'imputation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accounting for,
- accusal,
- accusation,
- accusing,
- adverse criticism,
- allegation,
- allegement,
- animadversion,
- answerability,
- application,
- arraignment,
- arrogation,
- ascription,
- aspersion,
- assignation,
- assignment,
- attachment,
- attaint,
- attribution,
- bad notices,
- bad press,
- badge of infamy,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- bend sinister,
- bill of particulars,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blame,
- blot,
- blur,
- brand,
- bringing of charges,
- bringing to book,
- broad arrow,
- captiousness,
- carping,
- cavil,
- caviling,
- censoriousness,
- censure,
- challenge,
- champain,
- charge,
- complaint,
- connection with,
- count,
- credit,
- criticism,
- delation,
- denouncement,
- denunciation,
- derivation from,
- disparagement,
- etiology,
- exception,
- faultfinding,
- flak,
- hairsplitting,
- hit,
- home thrust,
- honor,
- hostile criticism,
- hypercriticalness,
- hypercriticism,
- impeachment,
- implication,
- indictment,
- information,
- innuendo,
- insinuation,
- knock,
- lawsuit,
- laying of charges,
- mark of Cain,
- nagging,
- niggle,
- niggling,
- nit,
- nit-picking,
- obloquy,
- onus,
- overcriticalness,
- palaetiology,
- personal remark,
- personality,
- pestering,
- pettifogging,
- pillorying,
- placement,
- plaint,
- point champain,
- priggishness,
- prosecution,
- quibble,
- quibbling,
- rap,
- reference to,
- reflection,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- reproachfulness,
- responsibility,
- saddling,
- slam,
- slur,
- sly suggestion,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smudge,
- smutch,
- spot,
- stain,
- stigma,
- stigmatism,
- stigmatization,
- stricture,
- suggestion,
- suit,
- swipe,
- taint,
- taking exception,
- tarnish,
- taxing,
- trichoschistism,
- true bill,
- uncomplimentary remark,
- unspoken accusation,
- veiled accusation,
- whispering campaign