Vocabulary
Accusation
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong.
Urdu meaning
الزام، موضوع پر شکایت،علت، الزامی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The judicial process must not lose sight of the suffering endured by victims of false accusation.
- The brutal absurdity of the past couple of years has deprived that particular accusation of its sting a pity, given that antiJewish prejudice survives almost a century after the European Holocaust.
- He pooh-poohed Gandhi`s accusation, saying that India never sends its political head for presidential inaugurations.
- He pooh-poohed Gandhi`s accusation, saying that India never sends its political head for presidential inaugurations.
- That accusation remains valid, but the transcontinental bloodshed conducted by the US has frequently been supplemented by the violence of its local auxiliaries or mercenaries.
Synonyms
allegation, charge, claim, assertion, asseveration, attribution, incrimination, imputation,
Antonyms
approval, praise, exculpation
Curator example
“accusations of bribery”
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