Dictionary
sus•pi•cion
Pronunciation: (su-spish'un), [key]—
n.
1. act of suspecting.
2. the state of mind or feeling of one who suspects:
Suspicion kept him awake all night long.
3. an instance of suspecting something or someone.
4. state of being suspected:
under suspicion; above suspicion.
5. imagination of anything to be the case or to be likely; a vague notion of something.
6. a slight trace, hint, or suggestion:
a suspicion of a smile.
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v.t.
Nonstandard.to suspect.
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