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Webster 1913 Edition
Imputation
Imˊpu-ta′tion
,[L.
imputatio
an account, a charge: cf. F. imputation
.] 1.
The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription; also, anything imputed or charged.
Shylock
. Antonio is a good man.Bassanio
. Have you heard any imputation
to the contrary? Shakespeare
If I had a suit to Master Shallow, I would humor his men with the
imputation
of being near their master. Shakespeare
2.
Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
Let us be careful to guard ourselves against these groundless
imputation
of our enemies. Addison.
3.
(Theol.)
A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another;
as, the
. imputation
of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ4.
Opinion; intimation; hint.
Webster 1828 Edition
Imputation
IMPUTA'TION
,Noun.
1.
Sometimes in a good sense. If I had a suit to Master Shallow, I would humor his men with the imputation of being near their master.
2.
Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach. Let us be careful to guard ourselves against these groundless imputations of our enemies, and to rise above them.
3. Hint; slight notice.
Definition 2024
imputation
imputation
English
Noun
imputation (plural imputations)
- The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
- That which has been imputed or charged.
- Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
- (theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ.
- Opinion; intimation; hint.
Related terms
Translations
act of imputing
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that which has been imputed
References
- imputation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- imputation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913