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suspicion
noun
    1. An act, instance or feeling of suspecting.
      Thesaurus: misgiving, mistrust, doubt, qualm, jealousy, resentment; Antonym: trust.
    2. A belief or opinion that is based on very little evidence.
      Thesaurus: conjecture, guess, impression, intuition, notion, surmise.
    3. A slight quantity; a trace.
Derivative: suspicionless
adj
    Idiom: above suspicion
      Too highly respected to be suspected of a crime or wrongdoing.
    Idiom: on suspicion
      As a suspect.
        Example: held on suspicion of murder
    Idiom: under suspicion
      Suspected of a crime or wrongdoing.
    Etymology: 14c: from French suspecioun, from Latin suspicio, from suspicere to suspect.



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