accusation

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ACCUSA'TION, noun 1. The act of charging with a crime or offense; the act of accusing of any wrong or injustice. 2. The charge of an offense or crime; or the declaration containing the charge. They set over his head his accusation Matthew 27:37.
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