imputation

  1. Noun.  The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
  2. Noun.  That which has been imputed or charged.
  3. Noun.  Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
  4. Noun.  (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.
  5. Noun.  Opinion; intimation; hint.

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