suspicion (n.)

  1. an impression that something might be the case; he had an intuition that something had gone wrong

    [ Syn: intuition , hunch ]

  2. doubt about someones honesty

    [ Syn: misgiving , mistrust , distrust ]

  3. the state of being suspected; he tried to shield me from suspicion'

  4. being of a suspicious nature; his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage

    [ Syn: suspiciousness ]

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