English > accusal: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt. |
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| Synonym | accusation |
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| Narrower | allegation | (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law) |
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| blame game | Accusations exchanged among people who refuse to accept sole responsibility for some undesirable event |
| implication | An accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection |
| imprecation | A slanderous accusation |
| imputation | A statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense) |
| incrimination, inculpation, blame | An accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed |
| indictment | An accusation of wrongdoing |
| information | formal accusation of a crime |
| preferment | The act of making accusations |
| recrimination | mutual accusations |
| self-accusation, self-condemnation | An admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be |
| Broader | charge, complaint | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense |
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| Spanish | acusación, denunciación, denuncia, imputación |
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| Catalan | acusació, acusament, denunciació |
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| Verbs | accuse | bring an accusation against |
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| accuse | blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against |
