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- DictionarySus·pi·cion/səˈspiSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. a feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true: "she had a sneaking suspicion that he was laughing at her"
- 2. cautious distrust: "her activities were regarded with suspicion by the headmistress"
Suspicion is the positive tendency to doubt the trustworthiness of appearances and therefore to believe that one has detected possibilities of something unreliable, unfavorable, menacing, or the like: to feel suspicion about the honesty of a prominent man.
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too good, honest, etc. to have done something wrong, illegal or dishonest. Nobody who was near the scene of the crime is above suspicion.
[uncountable, countable] a feeling that someone has done something wrong, illegal, or dishonest, even though you have no proof They drove away slowly to avoid arousing suspicion. He was arrested on suspicion of murder. suspicion (that…) I have a sneaking suspicion that she's not telling the truth.
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suspicion. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sus‧pi‧cion /səˈspɪʃən/ noun 1 [ countable, uncountable] a feeling you have that someone is probably guilty of doing something wrong or dishonest I can’t say for definite who did it, but I certainly have my suspicions.
The meaning of SUSPICION is the act or an instance of suspecting something wrong without proof or on slight evidence : mistrust. How to use suspicion in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Suspicion.
Suspicion is the positive tendency to doubt the trustworthiness of appearances and therefore to believe that one has detected possibilities of something unreliable, unfavorable, menacing, or the like: to feel suspicion about the honesty of a prominent man.