imputation

• اسم يدل على فعل نِسبة شيء ما إلى شخص أو شيء، ولا سيما نِسبة نقص أو جريمة أو صفة سلبية إليه؛ ويشمل معنى الاتهام والإلصاق.

A noun referring to the act of attributing something, especially a fault, crime, or negative quality, to someone or something.

1. Accusation or chargeC1formal

   A statement that suggests someone has done something dishonest or illegal.

   اتهام

   • The imputation of theft against him was completely false.
   • She denied the imputation that she had lied.
   • The lawyer argued that the imputation was based on rumors.

   المرادفاتaccusationallegationchargedenunciationincriminationindictment

2. Attribution to a sourceC1formal

   The act of assigning something, such as a quality or action, to a particular person or cause.

   النسبة إلى مصدر

   • The imputation of the success to the team's hard work was fair.
   • His imputation of the error to a software bug was accurate.
   • The imputation of motives to others can be misleading.

   المرادفاتascriptionassignmentattributionchargecredit

   الأضدادabsolutionexoneration