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Implication and Accusing

noun

  • Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied. )
    • usage: "his resignation had political implications"
  • A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred.
    • usage: "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"
  • An accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection.
  • A logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false.
  • A relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement. )
    • usage: "he was suspected of implication in several robberies"

verb

  • Bring an accusation against; level a charge against.
    • usage: "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse"
  • Blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.
    • usage: "he charged the director with indifference"

adjective

  • Containing or expressing accusation.
    • usage: "an accusitive forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes and telltale trousers- O. Henry; "his accusing glare"
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Accuse.