Associations to the word «Allegation»

Wiktionary

ALLEGATION, noun. An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
ALLEGATION, noun. The act of alleging.

Dictionary definition

ALLEGATION, noun. (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law); "an allegation of malpractice".
ALLEGATION, noun. Statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne