| accusation | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. accusal, accusation | a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt. |
| ~ charge, complaint | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense.; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny" |
| ~ self-accusation, self-condemnation | an admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be. |
| ~ recrimination | mutual accusations. |
| ~ allegation | (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law).; "an allegation of malpractice" |
| ~ blame game | accusations exchanged among people who refuse to accept sole responsibility for some undesirable event. |
| ~ imprecation | a slanderous accusation. |
| ~ imputation | a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense).; "he denied the imputation" |
| ~ indictment | an accusation of wrongdoing.; "the book is an indictment of modern philosophy" |
| ~ information | formal accusation of a crime. |
| ~ preferment | the act of making accusations.; "preferment of charges" |
| ~ blame, incrimination, inculpation | an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed.; "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on the driver" |
| ~ implication | an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection. |
| n. (communication) | 2. accusation, charge | an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence.; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving" |
| ~ assertion, asseveration, averment | a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary). |
| ~ countercharge | a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser. |
| lawsuit | | |
| n. (act) | 1. case, causa, cause, lawsuit, suit | a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.; "the family brought suit against the landlord" |
| ~ civil suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant. |
| ~ class-action suit, class action | a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group. |
| ~ countersuit | a suit brought against someone who has sued you. |
| ~ criminal suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant. |
| ~ moot | a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise.; "he organized the weekly moot" |
| ~ bastardy proceeding, paternity suit | a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined). |
| ~ legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
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