suspicion

Pronunciation: /səˈspɪʃ.ən/

The English word “suspicion” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.
The condition of being suspected.
Uncertainty, doubt.
A trace, or slight indication.
The imagining of something without evidence.

verb

To suspect; to have suspicions.

Etymology

From Middle English suspecioun, borrowed from Latin suspīciō, suspīciōnem, from suspicere, from sub- (“up to”) with specere (“to look at”). Perhaps partly through the influence of Old French sospeçon (or rather the Anglo-Norman form suspecioun). Equivalent to suspect + -ion.

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