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suspicion
noun [C or U] (BELIEF IN SOMEONE'S GUILT) /səˈspɪʃ.ən/Definition
C1 a feeling or belief that someone has committed a crime or done something wrong: "I'm arresting you on suspicion of illegally possessing drugs," said the police officer.mainly UK She is under suspicion of murder. In this particular case, they are above/beyond suspicion (= cannot be thought to be guilty). His strange behaviour aroused/raised his neighbours' suspicions.Guesses and assumptions
(Definition of suspicion noun (BELIEF IN SOMEONE'S GUILT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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suspension bridge noun
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suspension noun (LIQUID)
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suspension noun (STOP)
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suspension noun (VEHICLE)
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suspensory ligament noun
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suspicion noun (DOUBT)
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suspicion noun (FEELING)
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suspicion noun (SMALL AMOUNT)
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suspicious adjective (DOUBT)
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suspicious adjective (SEEM GUILTY)
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SMART Thesaurus: Guesses and assumptions
Synonyms and related words:
- a shot in the dark idiom
- approximation noun
- assumption noun (BELIEF)
- ballpark adjective
- bet noun
- conjecture noun
- educated guess noun
- estimate noun
- guess noun
- guesstimate noun
- guesswork noun
- I thought as much idiom
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- presumption noun
- presupposition noun
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- supposition noun
- surmise noun
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