imputation+of+fault
71blame — Synonyms and related words: account for, accountability, accounting for, accredit with, accrete to, accusal, accusation, accuse, accusing, acknowledge, allegation, allegement, anathema, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, answerability,… …
72niggle — Synonyms and related words: adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, bitch, bug, captiousness, carp, carp at, carping, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, complain, criticism, criticize, exception, faultfinding, find… …
73onus — Synonyms and related words: absolute indication, allegiance, arraignability, arraignableness, aspersion, assigned task, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bend sinister, black eye, black mark, blameworthiness, bloody hands, blot, blur …
74responsibility — Synonyms and related words: accountability, accountableness, accounting for, action, agency, agentship, amenability, answerability, answerableness, application, arrogation, ascription, assignation, assignment, attachment, attribution, auspices,… …
75taint — Synonyms and related words: abuse, adulterate, aerial infection, afflict, aggrieve, airborne infection, alloy, aroma, aspersion, attaint, attribute, badge, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bedaub, befoul, benasty, bend sinister, besmear,… …
76denunciation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. accusation; disapprobation, censure, condemnation, arraignment; male diction, imprecation, diatribe, anathema; threat. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. condemnation, indictment, charge, censure; see accusation …
77accuse — accuse, charge, incriminate, indict, impeach, arraign denote in common to declare a person guilty of a fault or offense. Accuse is typically immediate and personal and often suggests directness or sharpness of imputation or censure; charge… …
78banter — vb Banter, chaff, kid, rag, rib, josh, jolly are comparable when denoting to make fun of good naturedly (as by reminding one of an actual fault, foible, failure, or shortcoming, by exaggerated praise obviously remote from the truth, or by playful …
79knock — v 1. rap, tap, hit, thump, bang, drum, pound, hammer. 2. strike, smite, thwack, smack, cuff, buffet, punch, box, Scot. dunt, Inf. slug; slap, Inf. whack, Inf. clout, Inf. wallop, Inf. crown, Sl. conk, Sl. bop, Sl. belt, Sl. sock; beat, batter,… …
80rebuke — v 1. reprove, reproach, reprehend, reprimand, remonstrate with; chide, Inf. take to task, find fault with; scold, lecture, censure, call down, Inf. call on the carpet, Inf. dress down, Inf. bawl out, ex probate, objurgate; admonish, give a piece… …
