Meanings
plural allegations
- An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
She put forth several allegations regarding her partner in hopes of discrediting his actions.
2 more examples
A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "We can confirm that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Jodi Jones. A 45-year-old has also been arrested in connection with allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice. A report on this has been sent to the procurator fiscal."
2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2013Philip Miles, defending, said: "This was a single instance, there was no allegation of continuing behaviour over a long period of time."
2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2025 - The act of alleging.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounstatements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinallegatio
- Middle Frenchallégation
- Englishallegation
Borrowed from Middle French allégation, from Latin allegatio, from allegare. By surface analysis, allege + -ation, see allege.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِدِّعَاء
- اِدِّعَاء (iddiʕāʔ)an assertion or accusation
Bulgarian твърде́ние
- твърде́ние (tvărdénie)an assertion or accusation
Chinese Mandarin 斷言 /断言, 主張 /主张
- 斷言 /断言 (duànyán)an assertion or accusation
- 主張 /主张 (zhǔzhāng)an assertion or accusation
- 指控 (zhǐkòng)an assertion or accusation
Czech tvrzení
- tvrzenían assertion or accusation
Danish påstand
- påstandan assertion or accusation
Dutch bewering, aantijging
- beweringan assertion or accusation
- aantijgingan assertion or accusation
Esperanto aserto
- asertoan assertion or accusation
Estonian väitmine
- väitminean assertion or accusation
Finnish väite, syytös
- väitean assertion or accusation
- syytösan assertion or accusation
French assertion, allégation
- assertionan assertion or accusation
- allégationan assertion or accusation
German Behauptung
- Behauptungan assertion or accusation
Greek ισχυρισμός, κατηγορία
- ισχυρισμός (ischyrismós)an assertion or accusation
- κατηγορία (katigoría)an assertion or accusation
Hindi आरोप, अभियोग
- आरोप (ārop)an assertion or accusation
- अभियोग (abhiyog)an assertion or accusation
Hungarian állítás
- állításan assertion or accusation
Indonesian tuduhan
- tuduhanan assertion or accusation
Japanese 主張, 申し立て
- 主張 (shuchō)an assertion or accusation
- 申し立て (mōshitate)an assertion or accusation
Malay dakwaan
- dakwaanan assertion or accusation
Māori kupu whakapae
- kupu whakapaean assertion or accusation
Polish domniemanie, zarzut
- domniemaniean assertion or accusation
- zarzutan assertion or accusation
Portuguese alegação
- alegaçãoan assertion or accusation
Romanian acuzație
- acuzațiean assertion or accusation
Russian обвине́ние, утвержде́ние
- обвине́ние (obvinénije)an assertion or accusation
- утвержде́ние (utverždénije)an assertion or accusation
Spanish alegato m alegación
- alegato m alegaciónan assertion or accusation
Swedish anklagelse
- anklagelsean assertion or accusation
Turkish iddia
- iddiaan assertion or accusation
Vietnamese cáo buộc
- cáo buộcan assertion or accusation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with allegation
Cite this entry
allegation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allegation
“allegation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allegation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “allegation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allegation.
Source: allegation on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.