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Suspicion
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- 1 The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong. countable, uncountable
"[…]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment."
- 2 being of a suspicious nature wordnet
- 3 The condition of being suspected. countable, uncountable
- 4 doubt about someone's honesty wordnet
- 5 Uncertainty, doubt. countable, uncountable
"In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.[…]Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion."
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- 6 an impression that something might be the case wordnet
- 7 A trace, or slight indication. countable, uncountable
"a suspicion of a smile"
- 8 the state of being suspected wordnet
- 9 The imagining of something without evidence. countable, uncountable
- 1 To suspect; to have suspicions. dialectal
"“Well, what’s more dangerous than coming here in the day time!—anybody would suspicion us that saw us.”"
Etymology
From Middle English suspecioun, borrowed from Latin suspīciō, suspīciōnem, from suspicere, from sub- (“up to”) with specere (“to look at”). Perhaps partly through the influence of Old French sospeçon (or rather the Anglo-Norman form suspecioun). Equivalent to suspect + -ion.
From Middle English suspecioun, borrowed from Latin suspīciō, suspīciōnem, from suspicere, from sub- (“up to”) with specere (“to look at”). Perhaps partly through the influence of Old French sospeçon (or rather the Anglo-Norman form suspecioun). Equivalent to suspect + -ion.
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