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suspection

suspection noun: suspicion.

Noun

suspection (countable and uncountable, plural suspections)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) suspicion

Forms of suspection

pluralsuspections

Origin of suspection

From Middle English suspeccion, suspeccioun, suspeccyon, suspectyon, susspeccioun, from Latin suspectiō and Middle French suspeccion, suspection. Doublet of soupçon. By surface analysis, suspect + -ion.

Questions about suspection

What does suspection mean?
Suspection means suspicion.
What part of speech is suspection?
Suspection is a noun.
What is the plural of suspection?
The plural of suspection is suspections.

Words near suspection in the dictionary

  1. suspectful
  2. suspectfulness
  3. suspectible
  4. suspecting
  5. suspectingly
  6. suspection
  7. suspections
  8. suspective
  9. suspectless
  10. suspectly
  11. suspectness

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