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ac·cuse

accuse

pronunciation:: kyuz
features:: Word Explorer, Word Parts

part of speech:	transitive verb
inflections:	accuses, accusing, accused
definition:	to charge with a crime or wrongdoing. He was caught by the police and accused of murder.His sister accused him of reading her diary. synonyms: blame, charge, criminate, denounce, fault, incriminate, inculpate, reprehend, reprove, tax antonyms: absolve, exculpate, exonerate similar words: allege, arraign, defame, frame, impeach, implicate, impugn, impute, indict, libel, malign, rebuke, recriminate, reproach, slander, sue, upbraid, vilify
related words:	confront, denounce, report
derivations:	accusingly (adv.), accuser (n.)

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