Associations to the word «Suspicion»

Wiktionary

SUSPICION, noun. ​The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.
SUSPICION, noun. The condition of being suspected.
SUSPICION, noun. Uncertainty, doubt.
SUSPICION, noun. A trace, or slight indication.
SUSPICION, noun. The imagining of something without evidence.
SUSPICION, verb. (nonstandard) (dialect) To suspect; to have suspicions.

Dictionary definition

SUSPICION, noun. An impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong".
SUSPICION, noun. Doubt about someone's honesty.
SUSPICION, noun. The state of being suspected; "he tried to shield me from suspicion".
SUSPICION, noun. Being of a suspicious nature; "his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage".

Wise words

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