accusation

The concern is that a public accusation would result in an escalation.

The Copperheads, a group of Midwestern Democrats, made the accusation—and far worse—against President Lincoln during Emancipation.

Barack Obama, made the accusation against President Bush during the Iraq War.

Constand claimed that the accusation was patently false, and demanded $150,000 in damages from the tabloid and attorney.

He was accused of “formalism,” a catch-all accusation that, like “Trotskyite,” had the ring of execution about it.

In cases in which no attempt is made to ignore the accusation, the small wits are wont to be busy discovering exculpations.

How would the involuntary accusation have been embittered, had he known that the Empress drew the same conclusion!

And when Lessard flung out that last unthinkable accusation, the explosion came.

The one thing that loomed big in my mind's eye was the monstrous injustice of the accusation.

Whether he had shot a man, or robbed a bank, or fired a church, the incipient accusation died away.