accusal

American  

[uh-kyoo-zuhl] / əˈkyu zəl /

noun

1. accusation.

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accusal British  

/ əˈkjuːzəl /

noun

1. another word for accusation

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Usage

What does accusal mean? An accusal is a claim that someone is guilty of a crime or offense. It’s a less common word for accusation.To make an accusal is to accuse someone. This can happen in everyday situations or in the context of criminal justice to refer to an official claim or charge that a crime has been committed.A person who makes an accusal (who accuses) is called an accuser (especially when the accusal involves a crime). The adjective accused means charged with a crime or other offense. Accused is also used as a noun to refer to a person or people who have been charged with a crime, often as the accused. Statements that suggest or outright say that someone did something wrong can be described as accusatory.Example: If you’re going to make an accusal that serious, you’d better have some evidence to back it up.

Etymology

Origin of accusal

First recorded in 1585–95; accuse + -al ²

Example Sentences

“We never knowingly spread misinformation. There’s always going to be that accusal of misinformation,” he said.

From Washington Times

“The article is an act of accusal against the government, which thinks it can resolve the problem of troubled youth by hiding it from view,” De Stefano writes.

From Washington Post

Nor I To breathe ever the burning of this mist Of anguish and insatiate accusal.—

From Project Gutenberg

As he did so the knight's lady entered the pavilion, and fell into deep lamentation and accusal of Lancelot, on seeing how sorely her lord was hurt.

From Project Gutenberg

But the strange mental or spiritual power of Tahn-té made it a thing of danger to let him live after accusal had been made.

From Project Gutenberg