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Suspicion   /səspˈɪʃən/   Listen
Suspicion

noun
1.
An impression that something might be the case.  Synonyms: hunch, intuition.
2.
Doubt about someone's honesty.  Synonyms: distrust, misgiving, mistrust.
3.
The state of being suspected.
4.
Being of a suspicious nature.  Synonym: suspiciousness.






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"Suspicion" Quotes from Famous Books



... Charlie nodded their heads as Joe gave voice to his suspicion. Then, as they looked across once again at the man in the slouch hat, he seemed aware of their glances and slunk down ...
— The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front - Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films • Victor Appleton

... try, Leather. I shall want to get a good white cockatoo," said Nic, eagerly plunging into the subject, so as to try and make up for the suspicion he ...
— First in the Field - A Story of New South Wales • George Manville Fenn

... his remarks in a concluded ease, published immediately after the conclusion of the case (R. v. Gray, 1900, 2 Q.B. 36). The same measure may be meted out to those who publish invectives against judges or juries with the object of creating suspicion or contempt as to the administration of justice. But the existence of this power does not militate against the right of the press to publish full reports of trials and judgments or to make with fairness, good faith, candour and decency, ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 - "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" • Various

... Self-suspicion followed. Was it well for him to read the books and think the thoughts of the past year? He could not escape except by brutally tearing himself by the roots from his parents' lives. It was all so hopelessly selfish on ...
— A Breath of Prairie and other stories • Will Lillibridge

... it appeared from the minutes that she was brought before him on Tuesday, the 3rd of October last, on suspicion of stealing a hat, and that the policeman said that he had stopped her at two o'clock in the morning with the hat in her possession. It appeared that he had discharged her, but no mention was made of the hat belonging to Lord John Russell. If that fact ...
— Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign • John Ashton


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