a statement attributing something dishonest ( especially a criminal offense); " he denied the imputation"

the attribution to a source or cause; " the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously"

The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription; also, anything imputed or charged.

Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.

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.

Act of imputing or charging: censure: reproach: the reckoning as belonging to.

The act of imputing; a censure or reproach.

The act of imputing; the charge against one; the attribution of the guilt or the righteousness of one to another, who is by natural or spiritual descent of the same stock.

Charge of evil; censure; reproach; charging to the account of one what properly belongs to another.

There had been something in her manner which had seemed to imply that he was not doing his best to liberate Faustina, and indeed, when he remembered that the girl's innocence was by no means clear to him, he ought not to have been surprised at Corona's imputation. – Sant' Ilario by F. Marion Crawford

Lieutenant Sutch was puzzled, but he did not deny the imputation. – The Four Feathers by A. E. W. Mason

It was evident that Mr. Arnold was more annoyed at the imputation against the nocturnal habits of his house, than at the loss of the ring, or even its possible theft by one of his servants. – David Elginbrod by George MacDonald

The boy punched Mark's shoulder, and Mark punched blindly back, hitting his antagonist such a little way above the belt as to lay himself under the imputation of a foul blow. – The Altar Steps by Compton MacKenzie

Let me first clear myself of the imputation, and then there will be room for all further explanations. – The Lamplighter by Maria S. Cummins

If we were formally charged with this we might resent the imputation, but the evidence has persisted from the beginning, lives on every hand, and multiplies daily. – The Best Psychic Stories by Various

Statement or imputation, or whatever you please to call it, Vaughan answered, sticking to his point in spite of interruptions, is absolutely unfounded- and false. – Chippinge Borough by Stanley J. Weyman

And if there be any ground for the imputation that it is too formal, it will only be made worse in this respect by extra solicitude. – William Hickling Prescott by Harry Thurston Peck

The whole amount circulated during the evening fell far short of what is often exchanged at a small party in a private drawing- room at home, and among those who would not relish the imputation of being accounted gamblers. – Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by John L. Stephens

The landlady had called him colonel, and, in repelling the imputation of his being a tailor, had spoken of him as a rich seigneur, who for ten years had occupied the front apartments au premier in her hotel. – Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 by John Lloyd Stephens

The nephew was as much puzzled as the uncle, and denied, with an indignation which seemed rather out of place in the light of past occurrences, any imputation that he had asked her to assist him. – Bessie Bradford's Prize by Joanna H. Mathews

That imputation, at anyrate, he was anxious to avoid. – A Butterfly on the Wheel by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

Nothing flatters a coward so much as the imputation of bravery. – The Master Mummer by E. Phillips Oppenheim

She resented General Armour's imputation, but in her heart she began to pine and wonder. – The Translation of a Savage, Complete by Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 12, 2009

The imputation, however, is as false as it is absurd. – Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I by Pierre Antoine Edouard Fleury de Chaboulon

" He did not know," said the old lady, sharply, for the slightest imputation against Graham touched her keenly. – His Sombre Rivals by E. P. Roe