suspicion | |
1. n. The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong. | |
2. n. The condition of being suspected. | |
3. n. Uncertainty, doubt. | |
4. n. A trace, or slight indication. | |
a suspicion of a smile | |
5. n. The imagining of something without evidence. | |
6. v. (nonstandard, dialect) To suspect; to have suspicions. | |
7. Trivia. One of three common words ending in -cion, which are coercion, scion, and suspicion.Notes and Queries, Vol. VI, No. 10, 1889, October,Editor and Publisher, Volume 9, 1909, https://books. | |