1. (n.) The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription; also, anything imputed or charged.

2. (n.) Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.

3. (n.) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ.

4. (p. p.) Opinion; intimation; hint.

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